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An inexpensive, compact, on-site gas storage facility for the storage of natural gas uses steel pipes affixed end to end in a serpentine arrangement. The facility has a compressor, a decompressor or a pressure reducing regulator, a steel pipe storage system, and components for containing the gas in

An inexpensive, compact, on-site gas storage facility for the storage of natural gas uses steel pipes affixed end to end in a serpentine arrangement. The facility has a compressor, a decompressor or a pressure reducing regulator, a steel pipe storage system, and components for containing the gas in the system, controlling the delivery of gas to the system and expelling gas from the system for use or delivery of natural gas to end users. The facility includes monitors, filters or strainers, dryers, test stations and cathodic protection systems. The gas storage facility is usable in industrial, commercial, utility and residential applications.

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1. A facility for the compressed storage of natural gas comprising:a compact on-site end user storage facility to store compressed natural gas and supply the natural gas for use by end users as their main fuel supply or as their backup fuel supply during periods of interruption from a utility compan

1. A facility for the compressed storage of natural gas comprising:a compact on-site end user storage facility to store compressed natural gas and supply the natural gas for use by end users as their main fuel supply or as their backup fuel supply during periods of interruption from a utility company or other gas provider, the on-site end user storage facility being attached to a meter on a utility line and to a consumption line, further comprising: (A) means for compressing natural gas; (B) means for decompressing natural gas; (C) one or more fully enclosed steel pipe storage systems for the compressed storage of natural gas; and (D) means for containing the gas within said steel pipe storage systems, and controlling the flow to and from said systems, said means for compressing natural gas being connected through a meter to the utility line, said means for decompressing natural gas being connected to the consumption line, and said steel pipe storage system(s) being connected to both the means for compressing natural gas and the means for decompressing natural gas.