NaTran services provided

Support for gas infrastructure projects

If you are involved in a gas infrastructure project (natural gas, hydrogen, biomethane, carbon dioxide or other gases, particularly renewable gases) and would like assistance and advice, our Project Management Assistance service includes basic technical assistance for the various phases of the project.

Additional services offered

The following additional services may also be offered:

• project management assistance,
• assistance in putting together a design dossier,
• assistance in putting together a consultation dossier for the purchase of equipment and works,
• monitoring of works supervised by the project manager.

Expertise at the service of our investors

If you are an investor, NaTran offers its expertise in the following areas:

• performing due diligence in multiple fields (regulation, sales and marketing, technical aspects, operation and maintenance, network management, etc.),
• support with the acquisition phase, 
• support with operation and maintenance.

7 areas of consulting and audit services linked to gas transmission

1. Regulation (market opening, separation of transport operations, etc.)
2. Development, design and implementation of gas markets
3. Information systems: Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems,
4. Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMSS), etc.
5. Operational performance
6. Network operations (technical direction and commercial management)
7. Infrastructure development strategy (development plan, etc.)
8. Purchasing audit (pipelines, compressors, etc.)

NaTran provides a wide range of technical and engineering expertise in the following areas:

Cathodic Protection and coatings

Advice, expertise and assistance relating to the protection against corrosion of a metal network transporting gaseous fluids and in particular:

• Information on corrosion protection (Cathodic Protection and coatings)
• Services relating to interior and exterior cladding
• Improved control of corrosion protection
• Assistance in the design, construction and commissioning of cathodic protection equipment
• Control of equipment and effectiveness of the cathodic protection system
• Technical audit of cathodic protection installation
• Expertise on controlling electrical influences on metal structures (stray or alternating currents)
• Service relating to the regulatory inspection of gas distribution networks by the gas quality cathodic protection (PC) organization accredited by COFRAC
• Services relating to the establishment and control of cathodic protection of gas distribution networks

Metallurgy and control

Advice, expertise and assistance in the field of metallurgy for metal networks transporting gaseous fluids and in particular:

• Service relating to information, advice and expertise in metallurgy
• Information, supervision and advice in the field of defect characterization and analysis
• Advice and assistance in welding and non-destructive testing
• Inspection of metal parts in factory
• Metallurgical expertise on the structures

Operation and maintenance of gas infrastructure

Advice, expertise and assistance relating to the operation and maintenance of gas infrastructure (network, pipelines, compression structures, gas measuring equipment, internal networks of gas producing or consuming sites) and in particular:

• Diagnosis and reliability of works
• Organization of operation, recurring maintenance or specific maintenance operations
• Limitation of gas emissions into the atmosphere
• Connection and lockout engineering
• Studies and professional technical expertise in the fields of compression, metering, gas characteristics, metrology and odorization
• Advice, expertise and assistance in the field of information systems for the management and maintenance of gas networks

Digital solutions for gas networks

NaTran offers IT consulting services, functional analysis, expertise, architecture and assistance in the field of information systems for the operation and maintenance of gas networks, and in particular:

• Project management assistance / Project management assistance in the development, design, and implementation of IT projects in the following areas:
  • Acquisition and reporting of gas metering data
  • Gas composition analysis
  • Gas odorization process
  • Crisis management communication
• Operational support and safety support for the corresponding applications.

Gas equipment management and optimization

NaTran offers logistics services to optimize your management of equipment intended for gas infrastructures (natural gas, hydrogen, biomethane, carbon dioxide or other gas, and in particular renewable gases):

1. secure indoor and outdoor storage for your equipment, relying in particular on our Logistics Platform,
2. flow monitoring including stock levels, receipts and shipments,
3. appropriate unpackaging and packaging of your equipment for optimal shipping,
4. expertise and support to guarantee smooth and efficient logistics management.

Innovation, technical trials and modeling

NaTran R&I performs multiple services for other industrials partners both in France and worldwide:

• Drafting R&D roadmaps
• Steering multi-partner research projects
• Carrying out scientific studies
• Auditing equipment, facilities and methods
• Carrying out full performance and qualification tests for materials and systems
• Incident analysis and feedback
• Providing modelling or simulation tools. This software can be tailored to users’ specific needs, with NaTran R&I’s experts providing the necessary training

>> To find out more and request NaTran R&I’s expertise: see the dedicated website