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Studies
Cavern Studies Funded by DOE
An
Introduction to Salt Caverns & Their Use for Disposal of Oil Field
Wastes, September 1999, J. Veil and D. Tomasko, Argonne
National Laboratory. (794 KB)
Preliminary
Technical and Legal Evaluation of Disposing of Nonhazardous Oil Field
Waste into Salt Caverns, June 1996, J.A. Veil et al., Argonne
National Laboratory. (826 KB)
Costs
for Offsite Disposal of Nonhazardous Oil Field Wastes: Salt Caverns
versus Other Disposal Methods, September 1997, J.A. Veil,
Argonne National Laboratory. (134 KB)
Risk
Analyses for Disposing Nonhazardous Oil Field Wastes in Salt Caverns,
December 1997, D. Tomasko et al., Argonne National Laboratory. (256
KB)
Disposal
of NORM-Contaminated Oil Field Wastes in Salt Caverns,
August 1998, J.A. Veil et al., Argonne National Laboratory. (430
KB)
Waste
Disposal in Horizontal Solution Mined Caverns - Considerations of Site
Location, Cavern Stability, and Development Considerations,
August 1998, S.J. Bauer et al., Sandia National Laboratories. (232
KB)
Salt Cavern Studies – Regional Map of Salt Thickness in the Midland Basin, February 1997, S. Hovorka, University of Texas – Bureau of Economic Geology.
Characterization of Bedded Salt for Storage Caverns – A Case Study from the Midland Basin, August 1998, S. D. Hovorka, University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology.
Bibliography for Cavern Abandonment, F. Crotogino, KBB, Hannover, Germany, and J. Hackney, PB-KBB, Houston, TX, prepared for the Solution Mining Research Institute, Encinitas, CA.
Salt Permeability Testing—The Influence of Permeability and Stress on Spherical Hollow Salt Samples, October 2001, P. Berest, V. deGreef, and B. Brouard, Research Project Report No. 2001-8-SMRI, Report prepared for The Solution Mining Research Institute, Encinitas, CA.
An Investigation of the Integrity of Cemented Casing Seals with Application to Salt Cavern Sealing and Abandonment, October 2000, T.W. Pfeifle, K.D. Mellegard, N.T. Skaug, and M.S. Bruno, Research Project Report No. 2000-2-SMRI, Report prepared for The Solution Mining Research Institute, Encinitas, CA.