The main elements of the Albury 1 project will be:

1. A gas store in the existing underground depleted hydrocarbon reservoir at Albury Park.
2. Drilling of four development wells and pipeline connections at the existing Albury Wellsite.
3. A gas processing facility (and associated temporary construction camp) proposed adjacent to Furze Copse, near Send Prison.
4. A five-mile (8.3 km) gas pipeline from the Albury Park Wellsite to the gas processing facility (including an associated temporary pipe store and contractor’s yard near East Clandon).
5. A further one-mile (1.8 km) gas pipeline from the gas processing facility to the local gas grid.
6. An above-ground connection to the gas grid near West Horsley.

Countries with appropriate geology commonly use onshore depleted oil and gas fields as gas storage facilities. The US is the largest gas market in the world and, according to the International Energy Agency, has over 300 depleted oil and gas field gas storage reservoirs. Germany, which has similar gas consumption to the UK, has 14 facilities, while Italy (which has lower consumption than the UK) has 10.

There are to date three depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs used to store natural gas in the UK: Rough Gas Storage (Offshore), Hatfield Moor (Yorkshire) and Humbly Grove Gas Storage (Hampshire). In many major gas markets e.g. the USA, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs are the most commonly used method of underground gas storage because of their wide availability.