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Po Valley Energy

Sustainability

Low-impact gas, produced in Italy

How we produce gas at Podere Maiar-1 with no chemicals in treatment, and how we watch the land around it.

Our commitment

Po Valley Energy strives to maintain and continuously improve high standards of health, safety and environmental (HS&E) practice through its operations.

Local communities

When the Company plans an operation its choice of Contractors is strongly influenced by the objective of minimizing any possible interference and/or disturbance to local communities.

Po Valley Energy believes in the importance of a clear, open and continuous relationship with the local communities: this has been the success key for the most of our operations. Since commencing activities in 2004, the Company has developed a solid communications network with all the local authorities involved in the areas of operations, achieving a positive and supportive response from the national, regional and local authorities.

Health, safety and environment

The commitment to HS&E objectives shared by Company's staff and contractors is a key priority for Po Valley. The Company encourages and promotes a proactive communication environment to develop, implement and monitor its HS&E systems.

How it works

From reservoir to grid, without pumps or chemicals.

  1. 01

    Natural pressure

    Reservoir pressure pushes the gas up the well and on to the grid, with no pumping or energy supply.

  2. 02

    Water separated

    Any formation water is separated out and disposed of by specialist companies authorised by the Ministry.

  3. 03

    Dried without chemicals

    Inert aluminosilicates absorb water from the gas, and are dried out with nitrogen made on site from air.

  4. 04

    Straight to the grid

    The gas enters Italy's national grid 1 km away, avoiding long import pipelines.

Environmental monitoring

We track microseismicity, ground subsidence, and groundwater quality and depth around the Selva field. Sensor data is recorded in real time, interpreted by an independent university, and validated by the Region and the regional environmental agency (ARPA).

6
Seismographs across 5 seismic stations
100 km²
Area covered by seismic monitoring
4
Monitoring boreholes for groundwater and subsidence
Yearly
Satellite radar (InSAR) subsidence analysis
Molinella Budrio SMV01 SMV02 SMV03 SMV04 SMV05 FIU* Podere Maiar 04 km
Podere Maiar well and subsidence station Seismic station Seismic monitoring area InSAR analysis area Selva Malvezzi production concession *FIU is operated by INGV, Italy's national institute of geophysics. Redrawn from Po Valley Energy's monitoring network map.

The full picture

Po Valley and the Environment

Our overview of how we produce gas at Podere Maiar-1, the Italian rules we work under, and how we monitor the field.

Download the PDF Health and Safety Policy

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