Previous Conferences

Recent SMRI conference locations and activities:  

 

Spring Conferences
Fall Conferences
2023 Spring Detroit, MI, US
23-26 April 2023
Technical Class: "Technical Aspects and Considerations for Cavern Abandonment."
 
Field Trips: Oil Museum of Canada in Oil Springs, Canada, and a tour of the Cargill Salt Plant and Plains All American Pipeline facilities
 
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2023 Fall San Antonio, TX, US
1-3 Oct 2023
Technical Class: "Hydrogen Storage Considerations"
 
Field Trips: State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery/ BEG Core Workshop, and The Cave Without a Name/ Bandera Historical Rides
 
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2022 Spring Rapid City, SD, US
3-6 May 2022
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
 
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2022 Fall Chester, UK
25-28 Sept 2022
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
 
 
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2021 Spring Virtual
19-22 April 2021
   
 
 
 
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2021 Fall Galveston, TX, US
19-22 Sept 2021
   Technical Class: "Development of a Cavern Storage Project, Cavern Basics."
 
     Field trips: Galveston Museums
 
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2020 Fall Virtual
21-24 Sept 2020
 
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2019 Spring New Orleans, Louisiana, US
7-10 April 2019
     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
 
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2019 Fall Berlin, Germany
22-25 Sept 2019
     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
 
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2018 Spring Salt Lake City, Utah, US
17-18 June 2018
     Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." 
 
No field trips were held due to the 10th World Salt Symposium in Park City
 
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2018 Fall Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
23-26 Sept 2018
     Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." 
 
      Field trips: Geology of Northern Ireland and Irish Salt Mining and Exploration, Ltd. facilities
 
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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)
 
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2017 Fall Münster, Germany 
24-27 Sept 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
 
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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
 
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2016 Fall Salzburg, Austria 
25-28 Sept 2016
     Technical class: "Salt Rock Mechanics."
 
     Field trips: Hallstatt Salt Mine and to the salt mine Berchtesgaden
 
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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
 
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2015 Fall Santander, Spain
27-30 Sept 2015
     Technical class: "Salt Geology."
 
     Field trips: Solvay's Torre la Vega plant and to Poza de la Sal 
 
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2014 Spring San Antonio, TX, US
4-7 May 2014
     Technical class: "Salt-cavern-induced Subsidence & Sinkholes."
 
     Field trip: Southwest Research Institute
 
 
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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
 

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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
 
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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
 

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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
 
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2012 Fall Bremen, Germany 
30 Sept - 3 Oct 2012
     Technical class: "Fundamentals of Salt Cavern Development."
 
     Field trips: IVG Etzel, NWKG, and Solvay
 
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2011 Spring- Galveston TX, USA
18-20 April 2011 
Technical ClassTypical Drilling, Completion and Workover for Salt CavernsSpecial Cases
 
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2011 Fall- York, UK
2-4 Oct 2011
Technical Class: Brine Use and Disposal- Methods and Case Histories
 
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2010 Spring – Grand Junction CO, US
25-28 April 2010
 Technical Class: Surface Subsidence and Sinkholes
 
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2010 Fall- Leipzig, Germany
3-6 Oct 2010
 Technical Class: Fundamentals of Long-Term Abandonment of Salt Caverns
 
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2009 Spring – Krakow, Poland
26-28 April 2009
 Technical Class: "Surface Subsidence and Sinkholes"
 
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 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"
 
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2008 Fall – Austin TX, USA
12-14 Oct 2008
 Technical Class: "Solution Mining and Hydrocarbon Storage Toolbox."
 
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2007 Spring- Basel, Switzerland
27-30 April 2007
 Technical Class: "Practical Aspects of Solution Mining"
 
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2007 Fall- Halifax, Canada
7-10 Oct 2007
 Technical Class
 
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 2006 Spring- Brussels, Belgium
30 April-3 May 2006
 Technical Class
 
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 2006 Fall- Rapid City, SD, USA
1-4 Oct 2006
 Technical Class
 
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 2005 Spring- Syracuse, NY, US
17-20 April 2005
 Technical Class
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 2005 Fall- Nancy, France
2-5 Oct 2005
 Technical Class
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2004 Spring- Wichita, KS, US
18-21 April 2004
 Technical Class
 
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2004 Fall- Berlin, Germany
3-6 Oct 2004
 Technical Class
 
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2003 Spring- Houston, TX, Us
27-30 April 2003
 Technical Class
 
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 2003 Fall- Chester, UK
5-8 Oct 2003
 Technical Class:
 
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2002 Spring- Banff, Canada
28 April-1 May 2002
 Technical Class
 
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 2002 Fall- Bad Ischl, Austria
6-9 Oct 2002
 Technical Class
 
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2001 Spring- Orlando, FL, US
22-24 April 2001
 Technical Class
 
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 2001 Fall- Albuquerque, NM, US
7-10 Oct 2001
 Technical Class
 
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2000 Spring- Salt 2000 Conference
 
 
 
2000 Fall- San Antonio, TX, US
7-10 Oct 2000
 Technical Class
 
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1999 Spring- Las Vegas, NV, US
11-14 April 1999
 Technical Class:
"Subsidence and Sinkholes"
 
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1999 Fall- Washington, DC, US
3-6 Oct 1999
 Technical Class: 
"Subsidence and Sinkholes"
 
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1998 Spring - New Orleans, LA, US
19-22 April 1998
 Technical Class: 
"Mechanical Testing of Brine Production and Storage Caverns"
 
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1998 Fall - Rome, Italy
4-7 Oct 1998
 Technical Class: "Guidelines for safety Assessment of Salt Caverns"
 
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1997 Spring - Krakow, Poland
11-14 May 1997
 Technical Class:
"Computer Modelling of Salt Cavern Leaching Process" 
 

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1997 Fall - El Paso, TX, US
5-8 October 1997
 Technical Class: 
"Elements of Rock Mechanics Related to Salt"
 

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1996 Spring - Houston, TX, USA 
14-16 April 1996
 Technical Class:
 "Natural Gas in Salt Caverns" 
 

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1996 Fall - Cleveland, OH, USA
20-23 October 1996
 Technical Class:
 "Solution Mining Well Operations" 
 
 
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1995 Spring - New Orleans, LA, USA 
 
30 April-3 May 1995
 Technical Class:
 
 

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1995 Fall - San Antonio, TX, USA 
 
22-25 October 1995
 Technical Class:
 "Cavern Design
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 1994 Spring - Houston, TX, USA 
 
25-27 April 1994
 
 
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1994 Fall - Hannover, Germany
 
25 September - 1 October 1994
 Technical Class:
 "Cavern Design" 
 
 
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 1993 Spring - Syracuse, NY, USA
 
25-27 April 1993 
 
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1993 Fall - Lafayette, IN, USA
 
24-28 October 1993 
 
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1992 Spring - Salt 7 Conference
Kyoto, Japan
1992 Fall - Houston, TX, USA
 
18-22 October 1992  
 
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1991 Spring - Atlanta, GA, USA
 
27-30 October 1991  
 
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1991 Fall - Las Vegas, NV, USA
 
27-30 October 1991  
 
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 1990 Spring- Austin, TX, USA
 
21-24 April 1990
 
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1990 Fall - Paris, France
 
14-19 October 1990
 
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1989 Spring- New Orleans, LA, USA
 
1-3 May 1989
 
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 1989 Fall - San Antonio, TX, USA
 
22-25 October 1989
 
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1988 Mobile, AB , USA 
 
24-25 April 1988
 
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1988 Fall - New Orleans, LA, USA
 
17-20 October 1988
 
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1987 Tulsa, OK , USA 
 
25-27 April 1987
 
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1987 Fall - Denver, CO, USA
 
19-21 October 1987
 
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1986 Baton Rouge, LA , USA 
 
20-22 April 1986
 
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1986 Fall - Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
19-21 October 1986
 
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1985 Washington, D.C. , USA 
 
28-30 April 1985
 
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1985 Washington, D.C., USA 
 
14-16 October 1985
 
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1984 Atlanta, GA, USA  
 
28-30 April 1984
 
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1984 Kansas City, MO, USA 
 
12-14 October 1984
 
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Salt 6 Conference

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1983 Denver, CO, USA 
 
16-19 October 1983
 
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1982 Denver, CO, USA 
 
18-20 April 1982
 
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1982 Manchester, UK
 
16-19 October 1982
 
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1981 Chicago, IL, USA 
  
16-19 April 1981
 
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1981 Chicago, IL, USA 
  
16-19 April 1981
 
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1980 Chicago, IL, USA 
  
16-19 April 1980
 
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Salt 5 Conference, Hamburg, DE
 
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1979 Toronto, CA 
  
16-19 October 1979
 
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  • Compressed Air Storage (No Abstract Available)
  • An Alternate Hypothesis for the Craters at the Windsor/Detroit Area (No Abstract Available)
  • Brinefield Subsidence, June 1978 Interpace Corporation - Carey Salt Division (No Abstract Available)
  • Finite Element Models of Caverns in Salt