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Transcripción del abstract original del autor: The company GASAG ensures an entire year's supply of the energy source of natural gas for more than 700,000 Berlin customers with a network of lines having a length of a good 6590 km, five transfer stations and the Berlin natural gas storage with a storage capacity of 1085 * 106 m³ (Vn). The area in which the Berlin natural gas storage was built is in a district of the city that is characterized by a medium to high building density, by sport and recreation areas and by nature and water conservation areas, in addition to having various other issues that are problematic for the operation of an aquifer storage. In addition to extensive authorization procedures, intensive technical and cost-related administrative conditions that refer to the system safety, as well as industrial safety, health protection and environmental protection, result from this. The Berlin natural gas storage was originally designed to be a reserve storage unit, i.e. for limited seasonal quantity equalization between the gas that was acquired and the gas that was needed, due to the regional and political island situation of the state of Berlin and the restrictions associated with that. It was provided with substantial redundancies in the above-ground area of the facility for reasons of supply reliability. The storage has been used to equalize the differences in quantity between the gas acquisition and the need for gas, as well as for optimization of the working price, and the redundancies have been given up, since the fall of the Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990. The operational mode of the storage is oriented towards clipping off the demand peaks in the supply area, or purchasing quantities of gas that are cheaper, i.e. the saving of costs when acquiring gas and thereby the improvement of the profit situation of the company. The requirements in the gas industry are realized with the Berlin natural gas storage system. The protection goals have to also be achieved to the same degree – a basic prerequisite for the existence of the storage system at a location of this type. These requirements not only call for technology for their realization, but also a methodical system in the organization and process structure, or with regard to the necessary functions and tools for management; not just to be able to adequately cope with the circumstances, but to also ensure continuous improvement, as well as the capability to quickly and flexibly react to changing requirements. An integrated management system was introduced for this in the operations of the storage; the management system includes all of the requirements in a comprehensive way, and all of the internal processes that are involved are controlled in an optimum fashion with it. The requirements in the gas industry are being met, and the proper operation in accordance with the regulations of the Berlin natural gas storage, and thereby the protection goals, are ensured, with the validation of this system through certification according to the standards DIN EN ISO 9001 and DIN EN ISO 14001.