United Living Group has announced that its subsidiary, United Living Infrastructure Services (ULIS), has secured a significant two-stage engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to help reduce emissions at the Wormington Compressor Station in Gloucestershire.

The Wormington facility, a crucial junction for the UK's gas transmission network, connects gas import terminals in South Wales and plays a key role in maintaining gas supply to both South Wales and South West England. The project forms part of the government's Medium Plant Combustion Directive (MCPD), aimed at improving air quality by reducing emissions from combustion plants, including gas turbine-driven compressor stations.

As part of the project, ULIS will oversee the installation of a new low-emission gas turbine-driven compressor train on land adjacent to the existing site. This will complement the retention of a Siemens electric-driven compressor, alongside two Siemens (formerly Rolls Royce) Avon-driven compressors, which will be kept for emergency use, limited to 500 operational hours per year.

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The project marks a major milestone for ULIS, which will manage all aspects of civil, mechanical, electrical, and control & instrumentation (EC&I) engineering development at the station. ULIS has a long-standing, collaborative relationship with National Gas, with extensive experience in managing complex projects across the UK, ensuring safety and successful delivery.

The Wormington project is ULIS's second major compressor station upgrade for National Gas. The company is also set to complete work on the Hatton Compressor Station in Lincolnshire by 2025.

Campbell Crawford, Managing Director of ULIS, said: "We are delighted to have been appointed by National Gas to deliver this critical infrastructure project at the Wormington Compressor Station in Gloucestershire. Delivering world-class infrastructure is at the heart of everything we do at United Living, and we look forward to working collaboratively with National Gas and our engineering partner Kent to deliver this compressor project safely and successfully, ensuring the UK’s gas network is resilient and fit for the future."

Darren Christie, Project Director at National Gas, highlighted the strategic importance of the project:

"We are delighted to partner with United Living and their wider supply chain on this critical part of our compressor replacement programme, with this work contributing to our business’s wider 2030 emissions reduction commitments. Our Wormington facility plays a vital role in linking gas import terminals in South Wales and South West England with our National Gas Transmission System. By utilising our project partners' skills and expertise, we can hope to see successful delivery of this investment. This will ultimately improve compressor resilience at the site, providing greater energy security and helping reduce emissions as part of the UK’s Net Zero ambitions."