Previous Conferences

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Spring Conferences Fall Conferences

2022 Spring Rapid City, SD, US

3-6 May

Technical Class: "Development of a Cavern Storage Project, Cavern Basics."

 Field Trips: Black Hills Geology and Hydrology, Mammoth Site and Guided Tour, Wind Cave National Park, and Custer State Park, and Private Badlands National Park

Abstracts

Creep Tests on Salt Samples Performed at Very Small Stresses
Calibration of Rock Salt Thermal and Mechanical Parameters Based on Available Field Data
Steady-State Creep is Deficient in Modeling Deformations in Salt and Potash Structures
Blowout From a Hydrogen Storage Cavern
Potential Controls on the Origin, Nature, and Distribution of Shear Zones in Salt Stocks: Salt Tectonic Insights with a Solution Mining Perspective
A High-Level Thermodynamics Comparison of the Hydrogen Storage Capacity of Salt Caverns in Various North American Salt Deposits
Cellar Casing Inspection Repair and Encapsulation at the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
H2: Impact on Existing Gas Natural Assets
MH-2-Salt: Geological Characterization of Potential Hydrogen Storage Sites in Permian Bedded Salt Deposits, Central Kansas
First successful surveys in hydrogen
Geomechanical Evaluation of the Stability of Abandoned Cavern 4 in Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome
MCSA Z341 Standards: The 2022 Edition and Case Studies of Production Casing Corrosion
Enabling Large-Scale Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns: Recent Developments
Potential and Opportunities for Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns
Underground Hydrogen Storage: Cost - Benefit Analysis of Storage Modes, Generation Methods, Infrastructure Development, and Subsidy
Support
Underground Pumped Storage Hydroelectric using Salt Domes
VSP versus Surface Seismic for Imaging of Salt Domes
Simulation and Analysis of Flow Field Of Salt Cavern Construction for Energy Storage

2022 Fall Chester, UK

25-28 September

Technical Class: "Technical Aspects and Considerations for Cavern Abandonment."

Field Trips: Storengy Stublach facility gas caverns site and the INOVYN site brine field, Lion Salt Works museum

Abstracts

The Double Casing Shoe – An Equipment Which can Replace a Testing or a Permanent Packer for Underground Storage of H2
The HyKeuper Storage Project Planning a Large Hydrogen Storage in the United Kingdom
Effect of Impurities in Rock Salt Samples on Laboratory Tests - Consequences on Rock Mass Representativity
A High-Level Review of Microbial Activity in Salt Caverns
An Integrated Visualization Tool to Manage the Integrity of Underground Storage Subsurface Installations
CO2 – Storage in Salt Caverns Thermodynamic Analysis and Challenges
Joint Contribution of Passive Seismic Monitoring and Blockfall System for Detection and Analysis of Rockfall in Salt Caverns Case Study on Geosel-Manosque Site (France)
The Cayuga Rock Salt Mine 1915-1925: A Rocky Start for One of the U.S.’s Most Durable Rock Salt Mines
CAES 2.0 - Compressed Air Energy Storage, the next Generation
Creep of Rock Salt at Low Deviatoric Stresses
Development of underground 3D model of bedded Permian salt for operator in East Yorkshire, UK to support integrity management of existing cavern assets and to meet the Net Zero future
Investigations on the Potential Anisotropy of Bedded Rock Salt Using the true Triaxial Compression Testing Method
Non-Invasive Method of Determining Salt Cavern Convergence
What happened to Hengelo Cavern 86?
Geomechanical Stabilisation of Winsford Salt Mine in Cheshire Using APCr Waste
Hydrogen Storage in the Netherlands – Latest findings from Demonstration Project HyStock for Underground Storage of Hydrogen in Salt Caverns
Abandonment of Caverns by Backfilling
Creep Analysis of Rock Salt Convergence from Deep Shaft Multipoint Extensometer Data
Petrophysical Evaluation of Lotsberg Salt Formation for Evaluating Cavern Containment for Hydrogen Storage
Determination of the Volume of Gas Storage Caverns with the Use of Thermodynamics

2021 Spring Virtual

19-22 April

 

 

 

Abstracts

 

Tightness of salt caverns used for hydrogen storage
Assessment of Cavern Stability: Cavern Clusters vs Single Cavern
Implementing an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Program from Scratch
Cavern Creep Closure: Analysis of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Domal Salt Cavern Volume Losses During Static and Dynamic Conditions
Coupled gas filling and flooding process of two caverns at the Lille Torup Gaslager (Denmark)
Storage of Hydrogen in Solution Mined Salt Caverns for Long Duration Energy Storage
The 1920s to 1940s Were Transformative Years for the U.S. Salt Mining Industry: New Mines, New Methods, and a Major New Market
Stress Analysis of a Production Casing for a Cavern Developed Beneath an Existing Cavern Field
The Geological Barrier – A Key Component of a Comprehensive Integrity Assessment
Addressing Cavern Sealing and Cementing Issues Using Solid Expandable Tubular Technology
TENORM contamination of Gas Storage Cavern Equipment
The Instability of Salt Cavern Hanging Strings and Proposed Completion Modifications
Geomechanical Evaluation of the Stability of Abandoned Cavern 4 in Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome
West Hackberry Salt Dome Mapping Refinement
Effect of Heat Transfer on Gas Storage Cavern Operations
Application of a Novel Plug-and-Abandonment Method in a U.S. Gulf Coast Salt Dome
Improving Gas Storage Deliverability Using 3D Seismic: A Case Study
Effect of carbon dioxide dissolution into the brine on the storage conditions
Accuracy of Temperature Logging for Calculating Gas Inventories in Storage Caverns

 

2021 Fall Galveston, TX, US

19-22 September

   Technical Class: "Development of a Cavern Storage Project, Cavern Basics."

     Field trips: Galveston Museums, and Johnson Space Center (Canceled)

 Abstracts

 

An update to the history of solution mining at the Cane Creek Mine, Moab, Utah – 2006-2021
Creep‐Closure Rate and Induced Subsidence
Contractor Risk Management
A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: Birth of the International Salt Company Following the Demise of the National Salt Company Monopoly
Developments on the Relationship Between Pore Pressure and Salt Deformation
Hydrogen Salt Cavern Design
Transient Heat Transfer Analysis and Temperature Modeling for Solution Mining Caverns
Assessing Casing Deformations in Salt Cavern Storage Wells Using Multi-finger Caliper Data Analysis
Techno-economic Analysis of Enhanced Performance of Large-scale Wind Power Generation Using Underground Hydrogen Storage
Preparing for a Hydrogen Future – Constraints and Alternatives for Hydrogen Storage
Improvements to Mechanical Integrity Testing Equipment at the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Effect of the Addition of a Low Equivalent Stress Creep Mechanism to the Analysis of Geomechanical Behavior of the SPR West Hackberry Site
Quantification of Seismic Imaging Accuracy using Reverse Time Migration at White Castle Salt Dome, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Optimizing Cavern Decommissioning Budget Focusing on Cushion Volume Prediction

 
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2020 Fall Virtual

21-24 September

Abstracts

Relative permeabilities for two-phase flow through wellbore cement fractures
Using Continuous Microseismic Surveillance for the Management for the Management of Cavern Fields
Full Geomechanical Modeling and Data Management of a Gas-Storage Facility Using LOCAS 3D
Changing Leaching Phase With No or Little Work-Over Rig Assistance
The ATOLI Sensor : An On-Line Analyzer for Hydrate Risk Assessment for Underground Gas Storage 
Prediction of sinkholes induced by solution mining through the inverse velocity method
Determination of Antibacterial Efficacy of Common Chemical Products Against Thiosulfate Reducing Bacteria in Saturated Salt Cavern Brine 
Water in the Hole! Development of Shaft Grouting Methods to Seal Devonian Limestone and Sandstone Aquifers in the First Shaft of the Detroit Salt Mine (1906-1907)
Challenging Evaluation of Evaporite Deposits in a Thrust Fault Environment in Saltville, VA
Pipe Perforation Vs String Cuts for Leaching Mitigation
Effect of fluid pressure on the leakage through wellbore cement fractures
Salt Mining in a Pile of Pancakes- the Silurian Salina Evaporite Formation in the Windsor-Detroit Area and its Implications for Mining and Geological Risk Assessment
Detailing of Basic Data, Information System & Potential Estimate for Site Selection of Salt Caverns for CAES and Hydrogen Storage in Bedded Salt
Delayed Brine Outflow During Changes in Water Input Flow
Volumes-Based and Mass-Based Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Technology for Accurate Estimation of Nitrogen Leakage in Mechanical Integrity Tests
Practical considerations when selecting recompletion method (dry/wet) in underground cavern storage UK
Implementation of the Sonicgauge Wireless Monitoring System for Long-Term Downhole Pressure and Temperature Data Aquisition in Underground Oil and Gas Storage Wells and Caverns
Simulation of an Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (AA-CAES) of 100 MW Power Plant
Investigations Into the Geomechanical Response of a Propane Storage Cavern Regarding its Anticipated Time-Dependent Growth
Detection of Flow-Induced Vibration From Wellhead Measurement 

2019 Spring New Orleans, Louisiana, US

7-10 April

     Technical Class: "Mechanical Integrity Testing (MIT) and Techniques in Gas and Liquids Storage Caverns."

      Field trips: Bayou Choctaw, LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port), Weeks Island Mine, Morton Salt (K+S), Avery Island Mine, Cargill Salt

Abstracts

Workovers and MIT’s at the LOOP LLC Oil Storage Facility
Review and Analysis of Historical Leakages from Storage Salt Caverns
Cavern Leaching at the SPR Associated with 2017 Oil Sales and Exchanges
Optimizing strategies for brine production as a result of salt plant modernization – a case example
The Value of Solid Expandable Tubulars in Cased-hole Environments
A Numerical Modeling Methodology for Solution Mine Cavern Growth and Produced Brine Grade
Integrated LiDAR and Historical Mapping to Locate Civil War Era Salt Pits at Avery Island, Louisiana
Remediation and Final Resolution of Environmental Impacts Associated with the Retsof Salt Mine Collapse, Livingston County, New York
Latest Developments in Design of Wellheads for Oil Cavern Storages in Germany
Well and Storage Cavern Integrity Monitoring
Geology of the Weeks Island Salt Dome with a Focus on the Current 1500 ft. Level of the Morton Salt Mine
Enabling Long-term Storage Integrity Management by Linking Stand-alone Well Integrity Checks
Innovative Mechanical Integrity Tests for Solution-mined Caverns Using Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Technology
Assessing Cavern BC-20 Sidewall Integrity in Vicinity of Edge of Salt Dome at Bayou Choctaw SPR
Project Islandmagee Energy - The Natural Gas Storage Facility in Northern Ireland
Plugging and Abandonment of West Texas Salt Cavern Wells
Infamous Salt Failures in Louisiana and Subsequent Impacts on the Regulatory Impact
Influence of Infiltration Fractures on the Stress Field in the Vicinity of Gas Storage Caverns in Rock Salt

2019 Fall Berlin, Germany

22-25 September

     Technical Class: "Mechanical Integrity Testing (MIT) and Techniques in Gas and Liquids Storage Caverns."

      Field trips: Falkenhagen wind energy hydrogen storage facility of Uniper Energy Storage, Freiberg silver mine, and terra mineralia museum

Abstracts

Aspects of the Thermodynamic Behavior of Salt Caverns
Operational Factors Affecting Maturity of Production Units for U6 Trona Seam in Beypazarı Trona Mine

Remediation of Casing And Microannulus Cement Leaks Utilizing Pressure Activated Sealant
Geomechanical Performance of the Salt Caverns in a Long Term Stability Analysis
Investigation of pressure and temperature cycling influence on the stability of bedded salt caverns
Ensuring safety – Management systems for well integrity
BAS-4 cavern abandonment risk analysis Frisia Salt Harlingen
Monitoring salt caverns through passive seismic surveillance at the Hill Top gas storage facility – Characterization of events source
Leakage Detection in a Casing String of a Brine Production Well by Means of Simultaneous Fiber Optic DTS / DAS Measurements
Mechanical Integrity Testing of Cavern Wells in a Salt Solution Mining in Portugal – First tests analysis and lessons learned
Convergence-induced Stresses on Borehole Casing and Annulus Cementation due to Salt Cavern Operation with Respect to Assess Mechanical Integrity
Technology of Using Abandoned Salt Caverns for Underground Gas Storage and First Application in Jintan Area
Modelling Versus Reality - A comparison of modelling versus reality including an assessment of limitations and measures to be considered in Operator decision making process
A quantitative description of horizontal ground deformations in the Epe cavern field by using “SubCav“ software calculation
Thermodynamic Simulation of Salt Cavern Behavior for Gas Inventory Verification
Regulatory Framework Analysis of Brazil's Mining Sector for Rock Salt Exploration: Regulatory Proposals Considering Maceió City and Itaparica Island Case Studies
Restoration of downhole access to a gas storage salt cavern by chimney enlargement
Abandonment of Salt Caverns: Technical Aspects and Beyond
Sudden pressure drop in Nedmag cavern cluster
A new technique based on phased array ultrasound provides complete casing integrity verification and 3-dimensional imaging and measurement of the cavern neck immediately below the casing shoe in a single run in hole

 

2018 Spring Salt Lake City, Utah, US

17-18 June

     Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." 

No field trips were held due to the 10th World Salt Symposium  in Park City

Abstracts

Shapes of Caverns in different Polish Salt Deposits
Reporting of Reserves for Solution Mined Salt Domes
InSAR for monitoring cavern integrity: 2D surface movement over Bryan Mound
Introducing the 2018 Edition of the CSA Z341 Series of Standards
MIT Program Improvements for Crude Oil Storage Cavern Access Wells at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The History and Evolution of the Patience Lake Solution Potash Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada
Acquiring a baseline casing thickness log for future corrosion monitoring without pulling the hanging string
Thermomechanical Study of the Temperature Influence on Salt Creep During Solution Mining of Salt Caverns

2018 Fall Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

23-26 September

     Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." 

      Field trips: Geology of Northern Ireland and Irish Salt Mining and Exploration, Ltd. facilities

Abstracts

Theoretical and Experimental Basics for a New Tightness Test Method to Enable Testing of Gas Storage Caverns During Gas Storage Operation
Workovers and MIT’s at the LOOP LLC Oil Storage Facility, Clovelly Salt Dome, Louisiana
Technical and Legal Requirements for Gas Storage Field Safety
Introducing LOCAS 3D Application to the Geomechanical Modeling of an Oil-Storage Facility
Understanding and Monitoring of Cavern Migration in the Hengelo Cavern Field, the Netherlands
Improving the Integrity of Crude Oil and Fuel Caverns. The Workover Campaign in the Cavern Storage Field Blexen in Northwest Germany
“Dry“ Recompletion of a Cavern Storage Well
Wellhead Change Out Remediation Method Used for Near Surface Casing or Wellhead Integrity Issues
OGRES: Optimised Gas REservoir Simulation tool
Obtaining a History Match with the Salt Cavern Thermal Simulator when Caverns Have Undergone Multiple Solution Mining Under Gas or Refill Operations
High Accuracy Sonar Measurements of the Oil-Brine Level in Gasoil Storage Caverns in Twente, the Netherlands
Moisture Content of Gas in Salt Caverns : Surface Measurements
In-situ Permeability Test in a Salt Formation at Marboz, France
A Modern Approach to Assessing the Integrity of a Natural Gas Storage Cavern
Gas Storage in Bedded Salt – Saltville Virginia
The Synergy of Wind Power and Hydrogen Stored in Salt Caverns
The Rationality of Employing a Depressurisation Rate Limit to Regulate the Export Capability of Gas Storage Salt Caverns
Introducing SEISMOSAL® - Revolutionary Method of Prospecting for Salt ATS Electro-Seismic Mapping of Salt Deposits of Swiss Salines at Riburg, Switzerland
Long-term Behavior of Salt Caverns in the Matacães Solution Mining Concession in Portugal – In Situ Measurements and Numerical Modeling
Monitoring Systems for the Underground Completion of Storage Caverns

 

2017 Spring Albuquerque, NM, US

23-27 April 2017

     Technical class: "Well Integrity Management for Salt Caverns."

     Field trips: Northern NM (Boca Negra, Bandelier, Los Alamos Museum) and Southeastern NM (WIPP surface, Intrepid Potash west mine, NM OCD)

Abstracts

Intelligent Troubleshooting to Locate the Position of an oil escape in salt cavern system in Germany
Numerical prediction of tensile casing failure by salt creep for evaluating the integrity of cemented casings of salt caverns
Static and Dynamic Effects of a Cavern Pressure Change on an Adjacent Cavern
Microfracture Mapping and Geochemical Analysis, Relative to Underground Natural Gas Liquids Storage Facilities, Central Kansas
Purpose, Challenges and Successes Related to Non-Brine Displacement Natural Gas Liquid Storage Caverns in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Geomechanical Stability of Solution Mined Caverns Near Salt Dome Edges, Including Influence of External Reservoir Depletion
Assessment of Past, Present and Future Stability Conditions in the Kłodawa Salt Dome Based on 3D Numerical Modeling
A Complete Overhaul of Technical and Operational Processes for Rigless Wireline Services at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Results in Improved and Safer Well-Site Operations
More flexibility for the gas storage caverns in Staßfurt: Re-analysis and prognosis of the load-bearing behavior by numerical simulations
Pressure Trend Analyses for Geophysical and Integrity Investigations
Analysis of a Comprehensive Suite of Microgravity Measurements Conducted over the South Y Brine Operation Site
Implementation of technical requirements for improving well integrity of underground storage facilities in Europe
Potential Influence of Granular Salt on Cavern Stability
The Impact of Anomalous Salt and Boundary Shear Zones on Salt Cavern Geometry, Cavern Operations, and Cavern Integrity
Thermodynamic studies of hydrogen storage in salt caverns
Flow‐Induced Buckling of Brine Injection Strings in Solution‐Mined Storage Caverns
Interpreting and Understanding Signatures of Measurements from Monitoring System at I&W Brine Cavern, Carlsbad, New Mexico
An Asset Integrity Management System for Underground Natural Gas Storage in Solution-Mined Salt Caverns
Rock-mechanical investigations regarding the proof of long-term safety of abandoned salt production cavities using hazardous waste as backfill material

2017 Fall Münster, Germany 

24-27 September 2017

     Technical class: "Well Integrity Management for Salt Caverns."

     Field trips: Borth salt mine of ESCO and Xanten Innogy facility, Hengelo salt facility, Akzo Nobel Netherlands, and Epe/ Uniper and SGW facilities

Abstracts

Use of Laboratory Measurements to Confirm Integrity of Underground Storage
Electromagnetic wall thickness and multifinger measurements - a contribution to well and cavern integrity monitoring
Salt-Fall Detection in Oil Storage Caverns
A Cavern Abandonment Test at Gellenoncourt, Lorraine − An Update −
Issues concerning the abandonment of deep brine-filled caverns Discussion paper (revised)
Early Salt Exploration and Production Efforts at Anse La Butte Salt Dome: 1890s to 1920s
Enhancing well integrity in the Hengelo brine field Continuous improvement of well integrity in one of world’s largest brine fields
Development and Application of an Operator-Customized Storage Integrity Guideline
Comparison between stress- and strain-based dilatancy criteria for salt cavern design
Innovative Concepts of Re-completing Oil Storage Caverns
Coupled thermo-mechanical analysis of a deep gas storage salt cavern in East Yorkshire, UK
Cavern-induced Subsidence – New German Regulations and Operating Requirements
Compressed Air Energy Storage: a new beginning?
Permanent Monitoring of Geodynamic Phenomena
Geomechanical Analyses as a Component for an Integrated Management System for Well Integrity for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Ground deformation mapping and monitoring of salt mines using insar technology
New Safety Requirements for Gas Caverns and their Affect on Wellhead Design
Subsidence Modelling for the Zuidwending Cavern Field
Thermo-mechanical Back-Analysis of a Gas Storage Cavern Operation
Preventing subsidence caused by cavern migration in Hengelo and Enschede, The Netherlands

 

2016 Spring Galveston, TX, US

24-27 April 2016

     Technical class: "Salt Rock Mechanics."

     Field trips: Enterprise Products Mt. Belvieu, and Spectra Energy Moss Bluff, VIP tour of NASA Houston

Abstracts

Acoustic monitoring of thermo-mechanical tests in a salt mine
Craters Above Salt Caverns
Modeling the behavior of caverns under nitrogen
Fluid Percolation and the Tightness of Salt
Use of Pressure Activated Sealant to Remediate Wellbores
Verification of PVT Software at Two Sites with Different Cavern Operating Conditions
Anthony F. Lucas: America’s First Great Salt Dome Explorationist and His Role in the Development of the Louisiana Salt Mining Industry
An Innovative and Economical Approach to the Drilling of Salt Dome Storage Wells
Aspects and Solutions of Modern Storage Operation and Management: An Experience Report
Effects of Nitrogen Gas Testing on Wellhead Seals
Hydraulic Transients in Storage Caverns
Opportunities for Particle Physics Experiments in Solution Mined Caverns
Prediction of Wellbore Failure Using an Equivalent Wellbore through the Combined Moment of Inertia Calculation
Prevention of Stored Gas Humidification: Lessons Learned and Review of Possibilities
Field Testing of Acoustic Fluid Level Instrument and Software Tools to Determine Nitrogen-Oil Interface Depths
Gravity-Assisted Solution Mining of Trona: Numerical Modeling of Overburden Fracturing and Roof Failure
Storage Well Drilling in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Central Alberta
Elastic Properties of Salt: Ultrasonic Lab Measurements and Log Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico Area

 

2016 Fall Salzburg, Austria 

25-28 September 2016

     Technical class: "Salt Rock Mechanics."

     Field trips: Hallstatt Salt Mine and to the salt mine Berchtesgaden

 

Abstracts

Cased hole logging in wells for evaluation of well integrity
Sounds Well System: Non-intrusive Leaching Monitoring
Time-dependent behavior of rock salt - Improved approaches for Lab determination and modelling
Remediation of Wellbores above Established Storage Caverns
Underground salt caverns in gas:modelling thermodynamics... what is a physical model?
A Review of Historic Developments in Potash Mining, a Scientific Approach to Correcting Assumptions used in Current Mine Designs, and Identification of New Principles for Solution Mining of Potash
VSP for Salt Flank Delineation
Thermodynamic simulation of gas caverns with GUSTS V.2
Recompletion of Salt Caverns at Ll. Torup Gas Storage Facility
Some Basic Observations Resulting from over 40 years of Subsidence Monitoring
Towards safer Planning: 3D-Borehole Radar Surveys for a detailed Imaging of the Mogilno Salt Structure in Poland - A Case Study
Hexahedral Finite Element Mesh Capturing Realistic Geometries of Bayou Choctaw Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Winsford mine: UK’s largest salt mine - Fifty five years of rock mechanics investigations that are also used in the design of gas storage caverns
Lessons Learned from Fast Track Construction
API Recommended Practice 1170 Summary and Discussion
Effective Shareholder Engagement is the Key to Infrastructure Development in the Marcellus / Utica Shale Basins
Innovative First Gas Fill/Debrining of ZW A7, Zuidwending
Visualization of Well Data and Assessment of Well Integrity Using the Software Suite BOHRIS
Analytical solutions for open-hole or cavern stress-distributions and creep closure using multi-linear segmented creep law
Systematic Approach for Storage Integrity Assessment of Existing Cavern Storages
Statistical analyses of microseismicity in salt cavern storages

 

2015 Spring Rochester, NY, US 

26-29 April 2015

     Technical class: "Salt Geology."

     Field trips: American Rock Salt Hampton Corners mine and Cargill Cayuga mine

Abstracts

EZ Cutter, The Solution Mining Dedicated Cutter: II. Particular Configurations and Practical Case Study
Maximum Pressure in Gas Storage Caverns
Fibre Optic Measurement System for the Automatic and Continues Blanket Level interface Monitoring During the Solution-Mining Process of Salt Cavens
Solution Mining at Stublach
Use of Echometer Acoustic Tool to Determine Nitrogen-Oil Interface Depths
Abandonment of Very Deep Brine-Filled Caverns at Frisa Salt Harlingen
The History of Room-And0Pillar Salt Mines in New York State
Converting Existing Brine Supply Caverns to Propane and Butane Storage - From Technical Aspects to Permitting Hurdles in New York State
On the Controls of Mixing of Injected Fresh Water Jets with Brine in Salt Caverns: Scaled Flow Visualization  Experiments
A Look at New Salt Cavern Rules in the State of Louisiana
An Approach to Integrity Testing Storage of Hydrocarbons in Underground Formations in Canada 
Prospects for Salt Cavern Storage in Western North Dakota
Verification of the Salt Creep Parameters using Data From the Echometric Surveys of Aldbrough Gas Storage Caverns in the UK
Development and Application of a Mechanical Plug for Cavern Necks with Large Diameters
Mapping the Geologic Structure Surrounding a Gulf Coast Salt Dome Using Three-Dimensional Seismic Data
Gypsum Scaling in Solution Mining Wells: Detection, Geomechanical Understanding and Mitigation
Energy Cost Optimization for an Integrated Greenfield Potash Solution Mine
The Benefit of 3D Borehole Radar for the Exploration and Exploitation of Salt Domes
Analysis of Potash Solution Mining Horizontal Cavity Stability with a Non-Aqueous Cap
Safety Evaluation of Caverns for Gas Storage in Bedded Rock Salt Formation Located Close to a Tectonic Fault
Case Study; The Use of Well Control and Two Different VSP Processing Methods to Characterize the Location of the Eastern Flank of the Markham Salt Dome
Solution Mining Plan for the Enlargement of an Existing Storage Cavern Capacity with an Additional Leaching Program at Mont Belvieu, Texas

 

2015 Fall Santander, Spain

27-30 September 2015

     Technical class: "Salt Geology."

     Field trips: Solvay's Torre la Vega plant and to Poza de la Sal  

Abstracts

Laboratory Measurement to Confirm Tightness of Rock Salt Against Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Methane
First Kainite Solution Mining
Management Concepts to Optimize Utilization and Commercialization of Gas Storages
Carriço Gas Storage Project Design Optimization during Drilling and Leaching in a Complicated Geological Environment
Case Study to Evaluate the Rock Pressure Development at Reconstructed Gas Storage CavernsP2015
Development of an Ultra Simplified Toolkit for UGS Operators, Customers & Traders
Monitoring of a Leaching Process on Salt Caverns Using Passive MicroSeismic Surveillance Geosel Underground Storage
The Effects of Interbedded Salt & Potash on Cemented Casing at Dewdney
Methodology for Evaluation of Integrity for Storage Wells
Gathering and Using Available Geological, Engineering and Seismic Data to Image and Verify the Top and Edge of Salt Dome Geobodies
A Kinetic Study of the Dissolution of Natural Halite from Lake Katwe (Uganda) in Aqueous Solutions
Numerical Simulation of Salt Cavern Dynamics and Flow-Induced Vibration
The in-situ Sampling of Gas in Caverns and the Development of Software to avoid Hydrates and reduce the Admixture of Inhibitors
Understanding the Big Hill Dome Surface Uplift: Historical InSAR Study
Effects of Changes in the Pressure and Temperature of the Testing Fluid During a Liquid-Liquid MIT
Proposed Criteria Used in Considering The Frequency of the Periodic Gas Sonar Surveys Of Caverns
Water Supply Requirements for Solution Mining; an Important Challenge for the Iranian Underground Natural Gas Storage in Salt Dome
Presentation of Les Pinasses Underground Gas Storage Project to be Developed in Salt Leached Caverns in Northeast Spain
Carlsbad South-Y: A Sinkhole that Waits to Open
Segregation of Anhydrite in Sintered Naturally Occuring Rock Salt
Optic Measurement System for Temperature, Automatic and Continuous Blanket Interface Monitoring in Caverns
Basic Data, Information System & Potential Estimation for Site Selection of Salt Caverns for Energy Storage

 

2014 Spring San Antonio, TX, US

4-7 May 2014

     Technical class: "Salt-cavern-induced Subsidence & Sinkholes."

     Field trip: Southwest Research Institute

Abstracts

Theoretical and Experimental Basics for a new Tightness Test Method to Enable Testing of Gas Storage Caverns during Gas Storage Operation
Flooding and Recompletion Project of Salt Cavern to-8 LL.
Pressure Trending analysis to Support Cavern Integrity Monitoring at the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Feasibility Analysis of Using Abandoned Salt Caverns for Underground Gas Storage in China
The Mechanical Stability of a Salt Cavern used for Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
The use of InSAR over storage sites: examples from salt domes, depleted reservoirs and other areas
Research and Application of Quick-Speed Solution Mining Technology of Multi-Layer Gas Storage In Salt Caverns in China
A non-typical approach for PVT modelling of salt caverns
Numerical Modeling of Gravity-Assisted Solution Mining of Evaporites
10 years of experience and practical application of the SOMIT™-method during MITs in Europe - Perspectives for application during MITs in North America
Pitfalls of a Nitrogen-Brine Interface Mechanical Integrity Test
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW HOME SALT DOME FOR THE LEAF RIVER GAS STORAGE PROJECT: An Examination of the Variance Between Edge of Salt Interpretations Provided by an Expanding Data Base
Consideration of Parameters for the Design of Cold Crystallization Ponds for Solution Mining in Saskatchewan
Effects of MgCl2 on Potash Solution Mining and Processing
Assessing the Separation Distance Between Geologic and Engineered Features at a Gulf Coast Salt Dome
Casing Analysis for Well Integrity
Perspectives on Wellbore integrity Testing: a Field Study to Evaluate Minimum Detectable Leak Rate in Gas Caverns Using Ultrasound
Fast learning from fast cycling
Technology for Contactless, Real- Time, Dynamic Displacement Measurements Using Optical or Video Methods
2014 Re-Validation of the SANSMIC Solution Mining Code
Feasibility Analysis of using Abandoned Salt Caverns for Underground Gas Storage in China

2014 Fall Groningen, The Netherlands

28 Sept to 1 Oct 2014

     Technical class: "Salt-cavern-induced Subsidence & Sinkholes."

     Field trips: Gasunie EnergyStock Zuidwending and AKZO Nobel's Heiligerlee, Frisia Zout Harlingen

Abstracts

Solution Mining Dedicated Cutter
Creating Value from Salt Cavern Brine
Cavern Simulation Tool Operational Feedback From First Year
Advanced exploration methods for dimensioning and optimizing of gas storage caverns at storage site Bernburg/Peissen (Central Germany)
Sonar surveys under extreme conditions (e.g. gas at very low pressure or crude oil)
The Application of Polythermic Solution Mining Techniques and Curved Flow Design to the Solution Mining of Potash
Case Study on the Recovery of Salt from Produced Water coming from Shale Gas Applications
Cavern Integrity and Performance Management at Geomethane Underground Storage
Discontinuum-Mechanical Behavior of Salt Rocks and the Practical Relevance for the Integrity of Salt Barriers
21ST Century Gasoil Storage in Twente, The Netherlands State-of-the-Art, Multiple Barrier Design Based on a Novel Risk Management
The Debrining and Operation of a Gas Cavern with variable Cushion Gas due to an adjustable Gas Brine Contact
Evaluating and Improving the Accuracy of Salt Cavern Thermodynamic Models Using in SITU Downhole Data
Investigation of Salt Precipitation Behavior During the Cooling Process of Fully Saturated Brine
Managing Subsidence due to Salt Mining
Anisotropic 3D – Pre-stack Seismic Depth Migration - a spatially reliable data source for planning and operating of salt caverns
Underground Salt Caverns Storage for Crude Oil at Bikaner, India
Technical Requirements and Recent Developments in Well Completions and their Effects on Wellhead Design
Rock Mechanical Dimensioning of Gas Storage Caverns in the Salt Dome Edge Region
Re-drill into a High Pressure Cavern to Re-establish Brine Production

2013 Spring Lafayette, LA US

21 to 24 April 2013

     Technical class: "Salt Well Logging."

     Field trips: Surface features at Jefferson Island and Avery Island, and aerial tour of 4 ‘Island’ saltdomes and Napoleonville sinkhole

Abstracts

A Simplified Solution for Gas Flow During a Blow-Out in an H2 or Air Storage Cavern
Avery Island's Place in the Development of the Nineteenth Century United States Salt Industry
Capabilities of Numerical Modeling of Storage Caverns Located in close Proximity to Domal Boundries
Crystallization from Brine Ponds
Determining the Injection Potential of Geologic Formations Using Fiber Optic Sensing Technology
Dual Bore Leaching in Manosque
Encountering a Gas Bubble and High Level of H2 s During Leaching Implementation of a Remediation Method at Mont Belvieu, Texas
Experimental Characterization of Temperature Dependence of Salt Dissolution Rate
First Completion Design in the UK to use Welded Completions for a New Large Onshore Gas Storage Development in Salt Caverns
Holistic Understanding of the Big Hill Salt Dome Geologic Processes om Relation to Impacts on Cavern Well Integrity
Impact of Salt Cavern size on Thermodynamics for Gas Storage
Influence of Tubing Diameters on Lifting Methods During Gas First Fill of Gas Storage Caverns - A Practical Example in the Nuttermoor Cavern Field
Maintaining Adequate Cavern Pressure During an Interrupted Leaching Operation
Optimizing Cavern Performance in Salt Gas Storage Thermodynamics, Modeling and Prediction, Pressure Maintenance
Selection of Methods for Casing Cuts in Gas Filled Caverns
Turning Heterogeneous Cavern Features into Performance Optimization
Temperature Effects on Sylvinite Solution Mining
The Value of 2D, 3D and 4D Reflection Seismic Data in Solution Mining Work
Use of satellite InSAR for measurement of ground subsidence over Salt Caverns
Why Leaching in the Dark Have a Look inside your Salt Dome by 3D Borehole Radar

 

2013 Fall Avignon, France conference

29 Sept to 2 Oct 2013      

     Technical class: "Salt Well Logging."

     Field trips: Kem One Vauvert brine facility and Geosel Manosque gas storage

 

Abstracts

Economical Operation of Wind-Hydrogen-Systems with the Inclusion of a Salt Cavern Storage
Project CAES Larne – An Exploration Program For Compressed Air Energy Storage In Northern Ireland
Determination of Thermal Conductivity in Halite From -75°C To 300°C
Cavern Abandonment: Three in SITU Tests
Well Integrity Management at the GEOSEL Manosque Storage 
Solution Mining and Abandonment of Very Deep Salt Caverns near Vauvert, France
Optimizing Solution Mining by Reducing the Number of Workovers Based on Leaching Simulations
Installation of a Down-Hole Pressure/Temperature Gauge on a Hanging String in a Gas Storage Cavern
Using 3D Seismic Reflection Data, Vertical Seismic Profiles and Sub-Surface well Control to Get the Real Picture of US Gulf Coast Salt
A Hydraulic Mechanical Integrity Test of an Oil Cavern Using the Somit Method
An Interesting Challenge: The Implementation of Eurocode-7 in the Design of Underground Gas Storage Caverns
Microseismicity induced within Hydrocarbon Storage in Salt Caverns, Manosque, France. Hazard review and event re-location in a 3D velocity model.
Snubbing Unit Enables Rapid Workover Completion for Live Liquid E/P Cavern
TE02 SALT CAVERN 8 YEARS OF ABANDONMENT TEST
A Liquid-Liquid Mechanical Integrity Test Analysis That Implements a Fluid Equation of State
Passive Seismic Observations at Grand Bayou, Louisiana, USA Associated with the Failure of Oxy Geismar #3 Solution Cavern
Feasibility Study for the Dry Recompletion of Caverns at Atwick, East Yorkshire
Nitrogen Buffer for Large Scale Conditioning of H- to L-Gas How to fit an existing cavern to capacity and performance requirements?
Napoleonville Salt Dome Cavern Collapse: Drilling a Re-entry into the Failed Oxy-Geismar
Exploration of a Salt Dome for UGS Development in a Complex tectonic Area: Geological Model Evolution of a Structure Affected by Regional Tectonics in the South West of France
Rock Mechanical Optimization for Non Seasonal Operation of Gas Storage Caverns
Crystallization from Brine Ponds: Simulation Helps Improve Pond Performance and Potash Production
Sidetracking into a high-pressure Cavern to re-establish brine production

 

2012 Spring Regina, SK, Canada 

22 -25 April 2012

     Technical Class: “Solution Mining in Presence of Non-Halite Salts."

     Field trips: Mosaic Potash, TransGas, and Saskatchewan Province MER Core Lab

Abstracts

Analysis of Thermal Induced Fractures in Rock Salt
Application of a Liquid-Liquid Interface Mechanical Integrity Test to Bedded Salt Solution- Mined Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern Wells
Challenges Encountered with Non-Halite Minerals when Developing Caverns for Natural Gas Storage
Effects of Sylvite and Carnallite Content on Creep Behavior of Potash
FRISIA SALT Netherlands; Deepest squeeze mining in the world
GPR Surveys Supporting Salt Cavern Construction
Investments Security Requires Clear Regulations- Approaches for Resolving Competing uses of Underground Storage Formations
K+S Legacy Potash Project the First new Potash Solution Mine in Saskatchewan With an Investigative Approach for a Sustainable Future Performance Optimization
Overview of the Potash Mining and Refining Process at Mosaic belle Plaine
Performance and Efficiency of Sonar Surveys in Non-Halite Salt Caverns
Rapid Depressurizations- Can they Lead to Irreversible Damage
Salt Caverns in the Oil Sands
Set-Up of a Broken-Casings Detection System
Solution Mining Characteristics of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Drawdown
The Challenges and Benefits of Developing a Relationship Between Academia and Texas Brine
Top Kill on a Natural Gas Storage Cavern
Toward an Atlas of Applied Appalachian Basin
Western Potash Corp. milestone Project; How Does it Compare
Wellhead Replacement Methodology

2012 Fall Bremen, Germany 

30 Sept - 3 Oct 2012

     Technical class: "Fundamentals of Salt Cavern Development."
     Field trips: IVG Etzel, NWKG, and Solvay
Abstracts
ADABATIC CAES Project – ADELE 
Applications of Geophysics, Rock Mechanics and Historical Perspectives for Reanalysis of the 1954 Windsor Subsidence Event
CHM Behavior of Microfractures in Rock Salt
Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling of a Leaking European Well Completion
Cyclic Loading Effects on Damage and Healing of Rock Salt from Avery Island Louisiana 250 Days Cyclic Loading tests and Numerical Back Analysis
Design Load Cases for Gas Storage Caverns
Development of the Haaksbergen Brinefield, the Netherlands
ETZEL Cavern Facility - An Energy Hub for Crude Oil and Gas Storage in Europe
Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns - State of the Art; New Developments and R&D Projects
Moss Bluff Cavern 1 Blowout
Modern In situ and Laboratory Measurements of Permeability and Porosity to Prove Tightness of Underground Storage of Hydrogen, Natural Gas and CO2
NomiX - A Solution to Focus on Sales-Related Questions without Disregard of Cavern Restrictions
Numerical Modeling of Potash Solution Mining Caverns 
Penetration Behavior of a Fresh Water Stream Injected Into Brine and the Influence on Concentration Distribution During Cavern Leaching Process
Sounds Good Determination of a Gasbrine Interface by an Acoustic Method at Manosque
STORAGE OPERATION EXPERT - The Software Solution for Simulation and Optimization of Gas Storage Plant Operation
Salt Caverns for the Purpose of Waste Disposal
Stability Analysis of Natural-Gas Storage Caverns in Salt Formations 
Tensile Effective Stresses in Hydrocarbon Storage Caverns
The Geological Pathway Towards the Development of a New Salt Mining Area in the Eastern Netherlands
The Significance of an Anisotropic Geostatic Stress Field Concerning the Hilltop Farm Gas Storage Caverns in Cheshire, UK
Tying in the Underground Thermodynamic Simulation of Gas Storage Caverns with the Surface Process Engineering
Thermodynamic Modeling and Simulation as part of the Flooding and Recompletion Project of Salt Cavern Ll. Torup TO-8, DK

2011 Spring- Galveston TX, USA

18-20 April 2011 

Technical Class: Typical Drilling, Completion and Workover for Salt Caverns–Special Cases

Abstracts

Appropriateness of Tracer-Gas-Mixture for Using in Re-Completed Cavern to Locate Technical and Geological Paths to the Surface
Analysis of the Stability of Large-Diameter Caverns for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Aspects of Chemical Brine Treatment for Salt Production Processes
Creep Closure Rate of a Shallow Cavern
Cyclic Fatigue Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Salt
Dissolution of a problem at Peckensen
Experimental Deformation of Salt in Cyclic Loading Insights from Acoustic Emission Measurements 
Mechanical Stability of a Cavern Submitted to High- Frequency Cycles
Method For Design of Salt Caverns with Respect to High Frequency Cycling of Storage Gas
Pipe Freezing as an Isolation Technique
Potasio Río Colorado Pilot Cavern Creep Modeling Using FLAC3D. Comparative Analysis with Values Obtained from Sonar Mapping and Pressure Measurements inside the Cavern 
Salt Cavern Abandonment Study
Some Technological Aspects of Compressed Helium Storage in Salt Caverns
Sonar Surveying of Caverns at the Markham Saltdome and 3D Modeling of the Entire Cavern Field
Stratton Ridge Salt Dome Diversity and Integration of Development and Operations
Technical and Economic Considerations for the Development of a new Potash Solution Mine in Saskatchewan
The Case for Gas Flow Measurement in Cavern Operations and Practical Experiences in the Use of Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Technology
The Influence of Different Loading Scenarios on the Thermo - Mechanical Behavior of a Gas Storage Cavern

2011 Fall- York, UK

2-4 Oct 2011

Technical Class: Brine Use and Disposal- Methods and Case Histories

Abstracts

A Critical Look at the Nitrogenbrine Interface Mechanical Integrity Test
A Unique Aspect of Storing Natural Gas in Offshore Salt Caverns
A geological reappraisal of the Preesall Saltfield, Lancashire, United Kingdom recognizing geological factors relevant to gas storage
Brine Disposal Storage of Brine in Underground Mining Compartments - A Case Study
Cavern-and-Surface-Simulation for Natural Gas Storages
Carbon sequestration and solution mining - the bicarbonate solution
Construction of ventilation shafts in a salt mine by solution mining
Detection of Geologic Structures Impacting Solution- Mined Cavern Shapes in Domal Salt - an Update with Case Histories
Geomechanical Parametric Studies for a Propane Storage Cavern in North Tees Salt Field in the UK
Influence of a Gas Cavern's Surface Area on Thermodynamic Behavior and Operation
King Street Energy Gas Storage Scheme in the UK
Multi-Cycle Gas Storage in Salt Caverns
New Developments in the Gas First Fill Process of Natural Gas Storage Caverns
Natural Gas Storage Operations Using Downhole Instrumentation An Update
Present Trends in Compressed Air Energy and Hydrogen Storage in Germany
Rig-less Solution Mining and Storage by Oilfield Innovations Limited 
Rock Mechanical Design for a Planned Gas Cavern Field in the Preesall Project Area, Lancashire, UK
Solution Mining with Two Boreholes for Gas Storage in Zuidwending, the Netherlands
Thermo- Mechanical Behavior of Stublach Gas Storage Caverns 
The Removal of Damaged Dewatering Tubing from a High Pressure Gas Storage Well
The Repair of a Gas Storage Cavern Well after Failure of a Pre-operational Mechanical Integrity Test
The improved IfG Gas Storage Cavern Design Concept
The stratigraphy and lateral correlations of the Northwich and Preesall halites from the Cheshire Basin-East Irish Sea areas implications for sedimentary environments, rates of deposition
Use of resistivity borehole imaging to assess the structure, sedimentology and insoluble content of the massively bedded Preesall Halite NW England

 

2010 Spring – Grand Junction CO, US

25-28 April 2010

 Technical Class: Surface Subsidence and Sinkholes

Abstracts

12-Year Pressure Monitoring in an Idle Salt Cavern - The 1997-1998 Etrez Abandonment Test Revisited
25 years of lifetime history for seven Energinet.dk gas caverns in the Ll. Torup Zechstein salt dome in Jutland, Denmark
A Case History of Successful Tubular Cuts Using a Wireline Conveyed Downhole Electric Cutting Tool
A Cavern Abandonment Program in a CSME Cavern at Gellenoncourt (Lorraine, France)
A Three-Dimensional Geometric Model of the Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome, Southern Louisiana, Using 3-D Seismic Data 
Anatomy of Hydrocarbon-Bearing Zones, Hydrocarbon Provenance and their Contribution to Brittle Fracturing of Rock Salt in the Klodawa Salt Structure (Poland)
Case Study of the Hiltpold #2 Gas Storage Cavern Temperature Feature
Design Decisions leading to the Long term Optimization of Saturated Brine Supply
Experimental Deformation of Salt in Cyclic Loading
Etzel Cavern Storage – Rock-Mechanical and Solution Mining Aspects Regarding Cavern Field Expansion
Geophysical Imaging of Saltwater Bodies in Lorraine (France)
Historical Review of Early Salt Manufacturing from Natural Salines in New York State, Implications for Present-Day Challenges
Inferring the Geologic Significance and Potential Impact of Salt Fabric and Anomalous Salt on the Development and Long- Term Operation of Salt Storage Caverns on Gulf Coast Salt Domes
Monitoring and Remediation of the I&W Brine Cavern in Carlsbad, New Mexico
Natural Gas Cavern Inventory Assessment- A New Approach
Overcoming Legacy Oilfield Challenges During Salt Cavern Construction; A Case Study
Practical Experience with the Gas Lift Method During the Gas first Fill in the Etzel Cavern Field and Further Possible Applications
Presentation of Salt Structures and Considerations about their Genesis as a Basis for the Evaluation of their Economical Use
Pneumatic Frac Tests in Cavern wells for determining the gas compressive capacity as a basic for fixing the maximum storage Pressure
Revision and Optimization of a Solution Mining Plan in Response to Changes in Project Costs, Schedule, Economics and Corporate Goals
Rock Mechanical Design of Gas Storage Caverns for Seasonal Storage and Cyclic Operations
Salt Spines, Boundary Shear Zones and Anomalous Salts Their characteristics, Detection and Influence on Salt Dome Storage Caverns
Upgrade of Casing Wellheads and Implementations

2010 Fall- Leipzig, Germany

3-6 Oct 2010

 Technical Class: Fundamentals of Long-Term Abandonment of Salt Caverns

Abstracts

A Benchmarking of the Numerical Approaches for the Stress-Dilatancy - Permeability Relationship in EDZ of Rock Salt 
Advanced System Determination of the Capacities of Salt Caverns for Underground Gas Storage
Clamp-on Ultrasonic Gas Flow Measurement in Cavern Storage Operations
Design, technology and experience of cavern construction at Kaliningrad UGS in Russia
Development of new liquid storage caverns at GEOSEL MANOSQUE
Effect of Specimen Preconditioning on Salt Dilation Onset
Gas Storage in Salt Caverns Zuidwending - The Netherlands
GESO Solution Controls - An Automatic Blanket - Brine Interface Monitoring System for Salt Caverns
Geological Exploration for Storage Cavern Construction in the Zuidwending Salt Dome, the Netherlands - MP2010F_Wippich_Abstract.pdf
High Frequency Gas Storage Operations using Downhole Instrumentation
IFG Cavern Design Concept Rockmechanical aspects for the development and operation of rock salt caverns
Improving Dual Well Horizontal Cavern Volume and Shape Predictions by Post-Processing Single Well Sonar Data
Long Term Development and Extension of Brine Field and Storage Site Teutschenthal Bad Lauchstaedt in Central Germany 
New Insights in Salt Mining Possibilities Close to the Eastern Netherlands Regional Boekelo Fault Zone
Novel Monitoring Technologies for Gas Storage Cavern Monitoring
Optimization of Solution Mining Geophysical Exploration by Rada Wireline Service
Optimization of Solution Storage Cavern Construction
Plant Screening "Engineering Evaluation and Assessment of Plant Components with an Example of a Cavern"
Sealing of Casing Annuls at Cavern Entrance
Solution Mining and Injection- Production Technology of Gas Storage in Deep Salt Bed
Some geomechanical aspects of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in salt caverns 
Technical Solution and Monitoring Resultes of the Controlled Collapse of Field 1 Salt Cavern, Ocnele Mari, Romania
The Development of Natural Gas Caverns as a Trading Tool and the Consequences
Thermo-Mechanical Effects in a CAES 

 

2009 Spring – Krakow, Poland

26-28 April 2009

 Technical Class: "Surface Subsidence and Sinkholes"

Abstracts

A Brine - Outflow Test in a Gellenoncourt Cavern
Application of Winubro Software to Modelling of Cavern Development in Trona Deposit
Abandonment of an extremely deep Cavern at Frisia Salt
An Account of the Permitting and Drilling of the First Two Cavern Wells in the Golden Triangle Gas Storage Project Jefferson County Texas USA
Aspects for the Design of Gas Caverns in the Border Region of Salt Domes – Initial Conditions and Assumptions
Convergence Estimation for Gas Storage Caverns Field 
Determination of Formation Pressures in Rock Salt with Regard to Cavern Storage
Gas and Fluid Migration Pathways in Salt Bodies - Implications from the Klodawa Salt Structure Central Poland
Geological and Technical Introduction to the Wieliczka Salt Mine
Interpretation of Cavern Shapes Measured by Chemkop Echosonda Application
Over 40 Years of Development of Design Criteria for Salt Caverns 
Singularities of the Rock Mass Movement During the Mining of Caverns
Special Technology with High Safety-Related Standards for the Repair of a Wellhead Damage of a Gas Filled Cavern at Stassfurt Storage Site 
Temperature Logging for Leak Detection in Gas Caverns
The Carnallitite Deposits of Saskatchewan Resource Problem or Solution Mining Opportunity 
 The Role of Salt Cavern Underground Natural Gas Storages in the Polish Gas System - The Economic Aspect
Three-Dimensional Modeling and Visualisation of Cavern Field Sites

 

 2009 Fall – World Salt Symposium, Beijing, China  (no Fall SMRI conference)

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2008 Spring- Porto, Portugal

27-30 April 2008

Technical Class: "Solution Mining and Hydrocarbon Storage Toolbox"

2008 Fall – Austin TX, USA

12-14 Oct 2008

Technical Class: "Solution Mining and Hydrocarbon Storage Toolbox."