Historical Conferences

Home
About Us
- About SMRI
- Contact Us >
  - Staff
  - Executive Committee/Officers
- By-Laws
Membership
Research
Conferences
Library
- Library Access
Search Database

Member Login

Join Now

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 Abstract Spring 2023 Abstracts Hydrocarbon Contamination of Alternative Storage Media in Converted Oil Caverns Experiences from the first H2-MITs in Northern Europe - Review of design, Operational Experience, and Results Liquid Pressure Observation Test - An Alternative to Nitrogen Pressure Mechanical Integrity Test Redox Flow Battery: Application to Salt Cavern Impact of Pressure change Rate on Cavern Integrity Thermo-Mechanical Analyses for the Storage Media Hydrogen and Natural Gas Modelling Unintended Brine Production in a Liquid Hydrocarbon Storage Cavern Trends in Salt Cavern Storage in Ontario, Canada Satellite Radar Data and Machine Learning to Locate and Quantify Creep of a Salt Cavern A Novel Method for Gas Cavern Mechanical Integrity Test Analysis An Overview of the Solution-Mining Methodologies for Potash Mining Feasibility Study to Evaluate Casing Deformation in Storage Caverns in a Salt Dome 100% Core Recovery in Potassium Salt Layers - our Experience with MgCl2-Mud-Systems Prud'homme Cavern No. 1 - Remediation & Reactivation of a Natural Gas Storage Cavern Borehole Microseismic Monitoring at Napoleonville Salt Dome, Louisiana: Nine Years of Microseismicity Associated with Brining and Storage Facilities on a Gulf Coast Salt Dome, USA Measurement of Helium Diffusion in Lotsberg Salt Cores: As a Proxy to Evaluate Hydrogen Diffusion The Utility of Sonars and the SANSMIC Leaching Code for Monitoring Cavern Shape Development During the Recent Unprecedented Oil Volume Movements at the SPR	2023 Fall San Antonio, TX, US 1-3 Oct 2023 Information will be provided upon completion of the conference
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 Abstracts Spring 2022 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 Solutions for Storage of Green Hydrogen in Salt Caverns 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 Simulation and Analysis of Flow Field Of Salt Cavern Construction for Energy Storage VSP versus Surface Seismic for Imaging of Salt Domes	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 Abstracts Fall 2022 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 2021 Abstracts Spring 2021 Abstracts Tightness of salt caverns used for hydrogen storag e 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 Sept 2021 Technical Class: "Development of a Cavern Storage Project, Cavern Basics." Field trips: Galveston Museums Abstracts Fall 2021 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
--	2020 Fall Virtual 21-24 Sept 2020 Abstracts Fall 2020 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 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 Abstracts Spring 2019 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 Yor 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 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 Abstracts Fall 2019 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 2018 Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." No field trips were held due to the 10th World Salt Symposium in Park City Abstracts Spring 2018 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 Sept 2018 Technical Class: "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining." Field trips: Geology of Northern Ireland and Irish Salt Mining and Exploration, Ltd. facilities Abstracts Fall 2018 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 Spring 2017 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 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 Abstracts Fall 2017 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 Spring 2016 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 Sept 2016 Technical class: "Salt Rock Mechanics." Field trips: Hallstatt Salt Mine and to the salt mine Berchtesgaden Abstracts Fall 2016 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 Spring 2015 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-And-Pillar 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 Sept 2015 Technical class: "Salt Geology." Field trips: Solvay's Torre la Vega plant and to Poza de la Sal Abstracts Fall 2015 Abstracts Laboratory Measurement to Confirm Tightness of Rock Salt Against Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Methane First Kainite Solution Mining 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 Caverns Development of an Ultra Simplified Toolkit for UGS Operators, Customers & Traders Management Concepts to Optimize Utilization and Commercialization of Gas Storages 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 Occurring 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 Spring 2014 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 Fall 2014 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 Spring 2013 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 Fall 2013 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 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 Spring 2012 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 Fall 2012 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 Spring 2011 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 Operation s 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 Fall 2011 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 Spring 2010 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 Fall 2010 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 Design, technology and experience of cavern construction at Kaliningrad UGS in Russia Clamp-on Ultrasonic Gas Flow Measurement in Cavern Storage Operations Development of new liquid storage caverns at GEOSEL MANOSQUE Effect of Specimen Preconditioning on Salt Dilation Onset GESO Solution Controls - An Automatic Blanket - Brine Interface Monitoring System for Salt Caverns Gas Storage in Salt Caverns Zuidwending - The Netherlands Geological Exploration for Storage Cavern Construction in the Zuidwending Salt Dome, the Netherlands 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 New Insights in Salt Mining Possibilities Close to the Eastern Netherlands Regional Boekelo Fault Zone Long Term Development and Extension of Brine Field and Storage Site Teutschenthal Bad Lauchstaedt in Central Germany Novel Monitoring Technologies for Gas Storage Cavern Monitoring Optimization of Solution Mining Geophysical Exploration by Rada Wireline Service Plant Screening "Engineering Evaluation and Assessment of Plant Components with an Example of a Cavern" Optimization of Solution Storage Cavern Construction 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 The Development of Natural Gas Caverns as a Trading Tool and the Consequences Technical Solution and Monitoring Resultes of the Controlled Collapse of Field 1 Salt Cavern, Ocnele Mari, Romania Thermo-Mechanical Effects in a CAES
2009 Spring – Krakow, Poland 26-28 April 2009 Technical Class: "Surface Subsidence and Sinkholes" Abstracts Spring 2009 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 Geological and Technical Introduction to the Wieliczka Salt Mine Gas and Fluid Migration Pathways in Salt Bodies - Implications from the Klodawa Salt Structure Central Poland Interpretation of Cavern Shapes Measured by Chemkop Echosonda Application Singularities of the Rock Mass Movement During the Mining of Caverns Over 40 Years of Development of Design Criteria for Salt 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) -Additional Information featured in the SMRI Library

2008 Spring- Porto, Portugal 27-30 April 2008 Technical Class: "Solution Mining and Hydrocarbon Storage Toolbox" Abstracts Spring 2008 Abstracts Predictions of Cavern Closure Rates Using Extrapolations Based on Prior Closure History Experiences in Permitting the First New LPG Storage Facility in Texas in 28 Years The History of DCP Storage Cavern Schoenebeck Overview of the Carrico Gas Storage Project Development Energy Storage in Salt Caverns / Developments and Concrete Projects for Adiabatic Compressed Air Storage and for Hydrogen Storage Underground Salt Deposits of Portugal an Spain - Geological Potential to Meet Future Demand for Natural Gas Storage Permanent Blanket - Brine Interface Monitoring by Temperature Monitoring in Salt Caverns Properties of SCC - A Salt Based Material for the Sealing of Cavities in Salt Formations Research and Application of Quick-Speed Solution Mining Technique and Tool Physical Behavior of Oil Field (Class II) Waste in a Sealed Disposal Cavern - Insights from a Study of Cored Drilling Mud Recovered from a Re-Entered Well Located on the Texas Gulf Coast Subsidence, Sinkholes, and Craters above Salt Caverns Safe and Economic Cavern Construction in the Etzel Cavern Field Based on Geological 3D-Modeling Designing of the Storage Cavern for Liquid Products, Anticipating its Size and Shape Changes During Withdrawal Operations With use of Unsaturated Brine Interpretation of Sonar Measurements - Consequences of Apparently Insignificant Effects The Hengelo Brine Field Revisited; The New Good Salt Mining Practice Guidelines Influence of Different Loading Histories on the Rock Mechanical Behavior of a Gas Cavern at Shallow Depth UK Offshore Salt Cavern Gas Storage Development Dewatering a Salt Cavern Using a Submersible Pump Appraisal Method for Gas Storage Constructions Based on Existing Salt Caverns	2008 Fall – Austin TX, USA 12-14 Oct 2008 Technical Class: "Solution Mining and Hydrocarbon Storage Toolbox." Abstracts Fall 2008 Abstracts Rock Mechanical Aspects of Gas Cavern Interaction for non-axisymmetric Conditions The Effect of Small Deviatoric Stresses on Cavern Creep Behavior SalGas Validation and Benchmark On an Attempt to Simulate the Development of Fingers and Pockets in 3D Solution Mining Modelling Using a Triangulated Cavern Surface Accidents at UFS Sites and Risk Relative to Other Areas of the Energy Supply Chain, With Particular Reference to Salt Cavern Storage "Adiabatic" Temperature Changes in an Oil-Filled Cavern Gas Storage Without Cushion Gas (In Deep Triassic Salt), The Portland Project, UK The Detroit River International Crossing: Implementing a Precedent Setting Geophysical Investigation to Evaluate Subsurface Geological Stability in an Area of Historical Solution Mining New Developments in Solution-Mined Storage Cavern Operations in Texas Experimental Monitoring of a Solution-Mining Cavern in Salt: Identifying and Analyzing Early-Warning Signals Prior to Collapse Using a Downhole Camera to Monitor the Nitrogen Interface During an MIT-Experience at Gaines County, Texas Bryan Mound SPR Storage Caverns Features and the Internal Structure of the Dome Salt Cavern Thermodynamics - Comparison Between Hydrogen, Natural Gas, and Air Storage Storage Cavern Operator Successfully Helium Tests Casing Connections Mapping Structural Geology from Solution-Mined Storage Cavern Wellbores for Selecting Casing Shoe and Leaching String Depths Brine String Integrity Survey and Model Evaluation Execution of Sonar Surveys Through Piping - The Possibilities and Limitations Brine Management Optimization for LPG and Refined Products Storage Facilities at Mont Belveiu, Texas
2007 Spring- Basel, Switzerland 27-30 April 2007 Technical Class: "Practical Aspects of Solution Mining" Abstracts Spring 2007 Abstracts An Innovated Conversion of a Brine Production Well to Gas Storage Pressure Build-Up in a Sealed Cavern: The Effect of a Gas Blanket Use of Sonar Surveys for Planning Conversion of Brine Wells to Gas Storage Caverns Stress Analysis of Salt Cavern Well Connections Beypazari (Turkey)) Trona Basin - Geology, Mining, and Production Techniques with the Forthcoming Effects on the Worldwide Soda Ash Market Does the Potash Industry Need Solution Mining? Natural Gas Storage in Salt Caverns - Present Status, Developments, and Future Trends in Europe The LI. Torup Cavern Gas Storage Day Manned Operation Project Thermal Effects in Salt Caverns Solution Mining of Underground Storage in Rock Salt Beds of Limited Thickness: Experience and Computer Simulation The Use of Solvent Recirculation at Target Cavern I Leaching for Horizontal Cavity Creation and Quality Brine Output Blanketless Solution-Mining of Salt Caverns Evaluation of Overburden Damage in a Salt Mine Environment by a Continuum- Discrete Numerical Modeling Approach Induced Seismicity Monitoring of an Underground Salt Cavity Under a Trainsient Pressure Experiment The Gas Frac Scenario in Rock Salt - Implications from Laboratory Investigations and Field Studies A Comprehensive Evaluation of Ground Motion Associated with Frasch Sulphur Mining in a Gulf Coast Salt Dome In-situ Test with a Gas Storage Cavern as a Basis for Optimization Temperature Modelling During Salt-Cavern Leaching Process Earth Tide and Barometric Effects on Monitoring Wells and Recorded Pressures The Main Causes and Processes of Instability at Field II of Ocnele Mari, Romania A Technical Solution for the Collapse Fragmentation of the Field 2 Cavern - Ocnele Mari, Romania	2007 Fall- Halifax, Canada 7-10 Oct 2007 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2007 Abstracts Waste Disposal in Salt Caverns a Case Study Method of Predicting the Screening Ability of Rock Salt in the Vicinity of Underground Cavern A Comparison of Crude Oil Receipt and Distribution Issues Between water Borne Deliveries and Pipeline Deliveries Onset of Tensile Effective Stresses in Gas Storage Design and Construction of Pipeline Integrated Oil Storage Cavern Plugging and Recompletion of a Dual Entry Storage Cavern at the Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome Interpretation of a Tightness Test of a Gas Storage Cavern Leached with a Gaseous Blanket Special Features in Exploration and Interpretation of Salt Structures Re-assessment of the Creep Behaviour of the Rustringen Salt Dome for Optimization and Future Development of the Crude Oil Cavern Storage Facility An Overview of the Geology of Solution Mining of Potash in Saskatchewan Deep Salt Cavern Abandonment: a Pilot Experiment An Overview of the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project An Overview of the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project The LI. Torup Cavern Gas Storage Preventitive Plant Maintenance Programme Effect of Natural Convection of the Blanket Dissolution Rate in a Salt Cavern Clamp-on, Sonar-Based Volumetric Flow Rate and Entrained Gas Measurement for Industrial Applications Real Time Microseismic Monitoring Dedicated to Forecast Collapse Hazards Induced by Brine Production A Case History of the Threaded Coupling Production Casing Failure in Gas Caverns - Part 1: Detection and Geomechanical Analysis Successful Injection Water Management Methods for a Parametric Study of a Proposed Gas Storage Cavern Development in Salt A Case History of the Threaded Coupling Production Casing Failure in Gas Caverns- Part 2: Well Repair, Testing, and Return to Service Carnallitite Solution Mining Proposed for Magminerals' Kouiloi Potash Project in the Republic of Congo
2006 Spring- Brussels, Belgium 30 April-3 May 2006 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2006 Abstracts Sulfate Inhibitor Selection and Use Update of US Gulf Coast Area Oilfield Waste Disposal Projects Using Locas Software to Better Understand the Behavior of Salt Caverns Variation of dissolution rate with Temperature - Theory and Experimental Procedure Geomechanical Analyses to Determine the Onset of Dilation around Natural Gas Storage Caverns in Bedded Salt Contribution to Salt Leaching and Post-Leaching Monitoring Issues - Feed-Back from a long term Microseismic Survey Middle East Salt Deposits - Distribution and Potential Use Stability Proof of the Asse Salt Mine and Geomechanical Assessment of the Planned Closing Measures Volume Calculation of Caverns Monitoring of Slow Ground Deformation by Satellite Differential Radar-Interferometry. A Case Study Geomechanical Evaluation of Two Gulf Coast Natural Gas Storage Caverns Monitoring Solution Mining Induced Surface Movements Using Satellite Based Radarinterferometry Directional Borehole Radar System - A Review on Technique and Experiences Etzel K202 - Leach and Fill Construction of a Tailor-Made Oil Storage Cavern - Update of Berlin 2004 Paper How to Determine the Integrity of Cavern Casings, a New Solution Found	2006 Fall- Rapid City, SD, USA 1-4 Oct 2006 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2006 Abstracts Brine Warming in a Sealed Cavern: What Can be Done? Numerical Computations of the Mechanical Behavior of cemented Casings Submitted to Large and Fast Pressure Variations Abandonment of the caverns at the brine field Stade – Süd, Germany, Geomechanical concept – geotechnical procedures and the proof of long-term safety by numerical modeling Variation of Dissolution Rate with Temperature - From Horizontal to Vertical In Situ and Permeability Tests in the Hutchinson Salt and the Overlying Shale, Kansas Removing Large Diameter Casing from a Natural Gas Storage Cavern Under Pressure A History of Solution Mining at the Cane Creek Mine, Moab, Utah The LI. Torup Cavern Gas Storage Sump Sealing Project Some Aspects of the Transient Behaviour of Salt Caverns Three-Dimensional Pillar-to-Diameter Calculations for Caverns at Each of the Four U.S. Petroleum Reserve Sites Long-term Behaviour of Sealed Brine-filled Cavities in Rock Salt Mass - A New Approach for Physical Modelling and Numerical Simulation Feasibility Study for the Storage of Cold Compressed Natural Gas (CCNG) in Underground Solution-Mined Bedded Salt Caverns Applications of Investigation, Monitoring, and Modeling to Remediation of Brine Squeezed out of Retsof Salt Mine Cleaning and Inspection of a 30-Inch Cavern Well in Oil Geomechanical Assessment of The Loop LLC Crude Oil Storage Facility in the Clovelly Salt Dome, Louisiana Rapid Characterization of Salt Domes for Underground Storage The Planning of a Gas Storage Facility Basis for an Investment Decision Analysis of Simple Cavern Shapes for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
2005 Spring- Syracuse, NY, US 17-20 April 2005 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2005 Abstracts	2005 Fall- Nancy, France 2-5 Oct 2005 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2005 Abstracts Geotechnical Experiences in Flooding Underground Openings in Salt Formations Surveying of the Cementation Process in Wells Using Fibre-Optic Temperature Measurements Modelling the Rise and Fall of Rafts in Salt Diapirs Case-History-Solution Mining a Cavern that Intersects a Plane of Preferred Dissolution Monitoring, Documentation & Calculation of Economically Optimized Operation Patterns of Gas Cavities using a Computer Aided Program A New Model to Predict Subsidence Above Brine Fields The Flooding of the Holle Potash Mine (Republic of Congo) Contribution to a Better Understanding of Brine Production Using a Long Period of Microsismic Monitoring Computer Controlled Blanket Control Systems (BCS) - 4th Generation BCS-VALUE Micro C Microbially Influenced Corrosion Issues in a Potash Solution Mine The Sinkhole of the Cavity LR 50/51 in La Rape Area: A Case History - RHODIA Company Behavior Interpretation of Mechanical Integrity Tests A Short Historical Overview of Salt Production in Lorraine, France Exploration and Risk Assessment of Solution and Caving Caverns in the Old Mining of the Stassfurt Area Well Log and Seismic Response of Permo-Triassic and Tertiary Evaporites, Zechstein - Muschelkalk - Keuper - Oligocene Restoring Wellborne Integrity: A Case Study Gas - Technical Completion of New Salt Caverns at the Epe Underground Gas Storage - RWE WWE Netzservice GmbH
2004 Spring- Wichita, KS, US 18-21 April 2004 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2004 Abstracts Source Identification of Stray Gases by Geochemical Fingerprinting Laboratory Testing in Support of a Bedded Salt Failure Criterion Large Scale Salt Deformation: Comments on Subsidence Using Thermal, Creep and Dissolution Modeling to Assess Volumetric Strain Appalachian Basin Salt In the Silurian Salina Group: The View From the Mines Ultra-Sonic Casing and Cement Evaluation in Large Diameter and Heavy Wall Casing Update on Fugitive NGL Issues in the Conway Area - Assessment and Monitoring Long-Term Downhole Fibre-Optic Temperature Modeling For Investigation of Different Gas Operating Modes Analysis of a Salt Fall in Big Hill Cavern 103, and a Preliminary Concept of Salt Dome Structure Feasibility of off-Loading Chilled Natural Gas in Salt Caverns: Geomechanical Assessment Subsidence Monitoring at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Ultrasonic Monitoring of Oil and Product Storage Caverns Applying a Newly Developed Slim Sonar Tool Application of a Continuum Damage Model for Cavern Design Case Study : Atmospheric Pressure Pressure Observation Testing Solution Mined Underground Storage Caverns in Kansas Geological 3D-Model for Predicting New Cavern Locations New Approach to Determine Interface Level During MITs - High Accuracy and No Need for Radioactive Tool	2004 Fall- Berlin, Germany 3-6 Oct 2004 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2004 Abstracts Dimensioning of Large-Volume Brine Production Caverns Using an Extended Data Base Salt and Brine Production Methods in France: Main Conclusions of the International Group (IEG) Commissioned By the French Regulatory Authorities Salt Deposits and Gas Cavern Storage in the UK with a Case Study of Salt Exploration from Cheshire A Reexamination of Gas Hydrates and Natural Gas Water Content and Their Effect on Cavern Operations Reconstruction Works on G-14 and G-15 Wells in Gora Underground Cavern Oil and Fuel Storage An In Situ Creep Test in Advance of Abandoning a Salt Cavern Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) Plants for Balancing Power Demand and Fluctuating Wind-Power Production Hengelo Brine Field Revisited: "Determination of Allowable Loading of Pillars" No Subsidence at Dieuze (Lorraine, France) Despite a Century of Wild Brining 10 Years Experience in Squeeze Mining New Possibilities for a Detailed and Reliable Interpretation of Sonar Surveys Geological 3D-Model of the Rudersdorf Gas Cavern Storage Project, Germany A New Self-Sealing and Self-Healing Backfill Material for Repositories in Salt Formations Pressure and Temperature Changes at the Wellhead of Natural Gas Storage Cavern - Long-Term Computer Simulation Compared with Field Data Determination of Allowable Operating Pressures for a Gas Storage Cavern Located Close to a Tectonic Fault Specific Feature of Underground Oil and Fuel Storage ,,Gora" Construction and Exploitation, Poland Solution Mining of Deep Potash Deposits in the Michigan Basin The History and Performance of Vertical Well Solution Mining of Nahcolite (NaHCO3) in the Piceance Basin, Northwestern Colorado, USA Recommendation of Maximum Cavern Pressures for the Gas Sprague Caverns at Huntorf on the Basis of Three-Dimensional Numerical Models Pneumatic Fracture Tests and Numerical Modelling for Evaluation of the Maximum Gas Pressure Capacity and the Effective Stress Conditions in the Leaching Horizon of Storage Caverns in Salt Diapirs Efficient and Tailor-Made Cavern Construction in Domal Salt for Long Term Oil Storage Case Study on Consequences of Cavern Convergence on the Integrity of Cemented Production Casing Strings Based on the Measurements and Numerical Calculations Decommissioning and Abandonment Procedire of LPG Caverns at Carresse (France)
2003 Spring- Houston, TX, Us 27-30 April 2003 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2003 Abstracts Visualization and Acoustic Detection of Microcrack Development in Rock Salt Design and Operational History of Non-Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste Disposal Cavern on the Texas Gulf Coast Class II Brine Injection Wells: History, Overview, and Requirements Driving and Drilling Your Way to the Top of Salt - An Innovative Approach to Drilling Bay Gas Storage Well No. 2 at McIntosh, Alabama Airborne Full Tensor Gradiometry: A Method For Defining the Base and Geometry of Salt Bodies in Relation to Hydrocarbon Storage Kansas Underground Storage Regulations Cavern design Using a Salt Damage Criterion: Proof-of-Concept Research Final Report Real Time Interpretation of Tightness Tests Investigating the Casing Shoe Region of Final Cemented Casings in Gas Storage Wells Development of Caverns in the Permian Bedded Salt Formations of West Texas for the Storage of Natural Gas Regulatory Response to Unanticipated Geo-Mechanical Events Effecting Gas Storage Cavern Operations in Texas Edge of Salt Definition for Salt Domes and Other Deformed Salt Structures - Geologic and Geophysical Considerations New Approaches to the Modeling of Salt Leaching Processes in a Flooded Potash Shaft Security, Economy, & Capacity - A Salt cavern Based LNG Receiving Terminal Hight Pressure Cavern Analysis Simulation of Potash Production by Selective Leaching of a Flooded Mine Mapping of a Real Cavern Field Using the CAVMAP Software Evolution of Structural Concepts of a Complex Diapir - NE Germany; Kraak Leaching of Caverns in Strongly Folded and Heterogeneous Salt- Case Study at the Kraak Diapir	2003 Fall- Chester, UK 5-8 Oct 2003 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2003 Abstracts Brine Production From Thin-Bedded Salt Deposits Dry Mine Abandonment Geological and Technical Aspects of the ScottishPower Gas Cavern Storage Project in Cheshire, UK Observation and Prediction of the Relation between Salt Creep and Land Subsidence in Solution Mining - The Barradeel Case The Bernburg Test Cavern - A Model Study of Cavern Abandonment Old Salt Mine at Dieuze (France) Revisited 150 Years After Being Abandoned Mechanical Integrity Testing Using the Fibre Optic Temperature Sensing Technique The Research Project "Bernburg Testcavern" The use of 3D Simulation GIS in Solution Mining The Selected Cases of Surveying Salt Caverns Geometry in Turkish Arabali Field made by Echosonda-Chemkop Long-Term Downhole Fibre Optic Temperature Measurements and CFD-Modeling For Investigation of Different Gas Operating Modes Catastrophic Flooding of Wapno Salt Mine (1977) and Controlled Flooding of Solno Mine (1986-1991) - Reasons, Circumstances, Consequences Solids Fill in Salt Caverns - A Struggle with Laws of Physics and Authorities The Hazard Due to Abandoned Salt Mine Cavities in the UK Feasibility of Off-Loading Chilled Natural Gas in Salt Caverns: Geomechanical Assessment An Introduction to the Displacement and Motion of Hanging Tubulars in Caverns Recompletion of a Gas Storage Cavern Under Atmospheric Pressure
2002 Spring- Banff, Canada 28 April-1 May 2002 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2002 Abstracts Tightness Test in Salt-Cavern Wells LOSAC© : A First Salt Cavern Abandonment Software Geomechanical Analysis of Pressure Limits for Thin Bedded Salt Caverns The Long Term Effects of High Pressure Natural Gas Storage On Salt Caverns Vertical Well Connections Hydrofracing or Horizontal Drilling Proof-of-Concept Research on a Salt Damage Criterion for Cavern Design: a Project Status Report Development of the Hollenbeck HB-1 Cavern; Operating Experiences 3-D Cavern Enlargement Analysis Welding Casings for Well Completions Introduction to Magnetotellurics (MT) with Examples ANR Storage Company Experience with and Utilization of Swath and 3D Seismic in the Development of Devonian Reef Gas Storage, New York State Evaluation of Salt Permeability Tests Storage of Hydrocarbons in Underground Formations Canadian Standards Association Code Z341 Storage of Chilled Natural Gas in Bedded Salt Storage Caverns Economic and Technical Feasibility Fugitive NGL at the Williams Midstream Natural Gas Liquids Conway Underground Storage Facility - Geologic and Hydrogeologic Studies, Cavern Well Testing and NGL Recovery Plans Development of an Integrated Database for Selecting a Site for Underground Storage in a Salt Cavern Completion Alternatives for Gas Storage in Salt Caverns Unsafe Radwaste Disposal at WIPP Remarks on a New Way for Defining the Deformations According to the Finite Elements Method and its Application for Salt Deposits The Cavern Field No.II in Ocnele Mari - History, Present and Future	2002 Fall- Bad Ischl, Austria 6-9 Oct 2002 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2002 Abstracts The Planned Flooding of the Salt-Works Tusanj in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Definition of the Dilatancy Boundary Based on Hydro- Mechanical Experiments and Acoustic Detection Postleaching of Caverns at Natural Gas Storage Bernburg Germany, Saxony-Anhalt Investigation of Capillary Effects in the Oil-Rock Salt System Induction of Subsidence by Brine Removal Water In Gas Storage Caverns - Problems and Solutions MIT in Gora Underground Cavern Oil and Fuel Storage Design and Operational History of Non-Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste Disposal Cavern on the Texas Gulf Coast Insoluble Deposit in Salt Cavern - Test Case Aspects of Deep Salt Mining - Salt Mining by Frisia Zout- Ground Penetrating Radar, a Tool for Determining Complex Geological Structures from Caverns and Boreholes Ultrasonic Survey of the Altaussee SCH1 Cavern Integration of Commercial Aspects and Technical Requirements for Natural Gas Storage in Salt Caverns In-Situ Purification Report on the Experience of a One Year Large Scale Field Test Application of a CFD-Code for Modeling of 3D-Flow Processes in Salt Caverns During Gas Withdrawal The Use of Geographic Information Systems as a Decision Support System for Solution Mining Gaspermeation Models Related to Dilatancy Development Under Deviatoric Stress Conditions System for In-Situ Monitoring the Stress Conditions of Pre-Stressed Production Strings in Gas Storage Caverns Leak Detection and Determination of the Fluid Level in the Annulus in the Kiel Underground Gas Storage Facility (Germany) Using fibre-Optic Temperature Measurements Bromine Analysis - A Powerful Tool to Solve Stratigraphical Problems in Exploration Boreholes for Salt Caverns Mobil's Approach to Minimize Personel Requirements in Cavern Leaching Operations Method for Experimental Determination of Rock Salt Dissolution Rate Coefficient Used in Podzemgasprom, Ltd Salt Caverns for Peak Shaving - Reservoirs for Seasonal Balance? New Market Requirements and Appropriate Storage Solutions Safety Concept for a LPG Underground Storage in Germany Case Study for the Salt Caverns Storage Site at Gnetsch
2001 Spring- Orlando, FL, US 22-24 April 2001 Technical Class: Abstracts Spring 2001 Abstracts Vertical Ground Motions Observed in Association with Salt Production in Drift-Filled Glaciated Valleys Analysis of the Pore Structure of Compacted Salt Material Based on the Measurement of Hydraulic Properties Huntorf CAES: More than 20 Years of Successful Operation Oil Level Measurements and Borehole Logging in Production Wells Natural Gas Storage Cavern Project at Peckensen, Germany Utilizing Coiled Tubing Technology to Control a Liquid Propane Storage Well Fire, A Case History The Results of the Numerical Simulation of the Etzel Test NATURAL GAS STORAGE PROJECT PECKENSEN GERMANY - PART 3 ISPG A Sludge fall-out Prediction System for Crude Oils in Long-Term Salt Cavern Storage Methods to produce brines from underground caverns in bedded and stock deposits Evidence of Differential Salt Spine Movement at Weeks Island Salt Dome, Iberia Parish, Louisiana Effects of Uplift and Subsidence on Storage Operations, Sour Lake Salt Dome- A Case History Operational and Regulatory Opportunities in Brine Mining and Underground Storage Facilities Storage of Chilled Natural Gas in Salt Caverns : Laboratory Testing at Refrigerated Temperatures Three Dimensional Modeling of the Big Hill Strategic Petroleum Reserve Site, Texas Tunnel type underground reservoir construction project Natural Gas Storage Project at Peckensen, Germany -Part 1 DISSOLUTION RATE AS A FACTOR SHAPING OF UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS IN THE ROCK SALT DEPOSITS Casing and Tubing Inspection: Getting What You Need Thermal Influences on Salt Formation during Solution Mining in the Case of a Gas Storage Cavern in Bremen, Germany SUBSIDENCE AND FRACTURES CAUSED BY THERMO-MECHANICAL EFFECTS	2001 Fall- Albuquerque, NM, US 7-10 Oct 2001 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2001 Abstracts DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR GAS STORAGE SURFACE FACILITIES UPDATE ON THE OCNELE MARIFIELD N°2 POTENTIAL DISASTER Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Potential in Salt Solution Caverns in Alberta, Canada Geological Framework Sinkholes Associated with Petroleum Boreholes Drilled Through Salt Deposits in the USA The Value of Natural Gas Storage in Today's Energy Markets
2000 Spring- Salt 2000 Conference	2000 Fall- San Antonio, TX, US 7-10 Oct 2000 Technical Class: Abstracts Fall 2000 Abstracts Subsidence Potential of the Hengelo Brine Field (Part 1) Subsidence and sinkhole measurements using conventional surveying & electronic instruments The Ups and Downs of Post-Closure Subsidence Monitoring at the Tully Valley Brine Field, New York Case Theory: A Sinkhole at the EGP Fuels Company LPG Storage Terminal, Mont Belvieu, Texas Multiphase Flow and Cavern Abandonment in Salt Predictable and Manageable Subsidence Above Deep Salt Caverns CavBase-Visualization and Database for Cavern Construction, Solution Mining Process, Brine Production, and Product Storage THE MECHANISM OF SINKHOLE FORMATION ABOVE THE COLLAPSE OF A SIYIALL YIELD-PILLAR PANEL IN THE RETSOF SALT MINE UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES OF SALT DISSQLUTION AND SUBSIDENCE Magnetic device for experimental investigations Natural Dissolution of Salt in the United States NATURAL SOLUTION OF SALADO SALT SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SUBSIDENCE, SINKHOLES, AND PIPING ASSOCIATED WITH GULF COAST SALT DOMES THE GEOLOGIC DATA BASE AS IT RELATES TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE PROJECTS Uncontrolled Leaching of a Salt Layer in an Oil Field in Algeria Relative Evaluation of Storage Cavern Volume Measurements GEOTECHNICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH DECOMMISSIONING THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITY AT WEEKS ISLAND, LOUISIANA: A CASE HISTORY Subsidence Potential of the Hengelo Brinefield (part 2) Review of Publications 1960-2000 on Subsidence and Sinkhole Formation over Solution-Mined Caverns Casing Sealing Study: Status Report on Solution Mining Research Institute Research Program (RFP-98-3) Evaporites, Casing Requirements, Wafer-floods, and Out-of-formation Waters: Potential for Sinkhole Developments ANOMALOUS SUBSIDENCE AT MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS A STATUS REPORT ON THE SOLUTION MINING RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAVERN SEALING AND ABANDONMENT PROGRAM Prediction of ground movement above salt caverns using influence functions Examination of Rock Salt Underground Cavern Testing for Leak-Tightness by Pressure Alteration The Laboratory Study of Salt Cavern Leaching Process - Experience of Modeling Subsidence and sinkholes above flooded potash mines in Northern Germany The Results of the Pressure Build-Up Test in the Brine Filled Cavern Etzel K102 Rock Mechanical Problems of Shallow Salt Mines in Cheshire, UK ESTIMATION OF RISK FACTORS RESULTED FROM THE EXPLOITATION OF SALT IN SOLUTION IN FIELD ll OF WELLS - OCNELE MARl- STABILISATION MEASURES Examples of the Development of Sinkholes above Flooding or Flooded Salt Mines in Central Germany and Ways of Remote Detection of Areas with a Potential Risk of Fall WINNFIELD MINE FLOODING AND COLLAPSE EVENT OF 1965 GEODYNAMIC REASEARCH OF THE MIROVO SALT DEPOSIT NEAR PROV ADIJA, NE BULGARIA An Introduction to Subsidence Over Salt and Potash Mining Facilities Subsidence Modeling and Use of Solution Mining Research Institute SALT_SUBSID Software Pre- and Post-Flooding Surface Subsidence Rates at the Retsof, Belle Isle, Jefferson Island Salt Mines NEW RESULTS ON CAVERN SEALING AND PERMEATION PROCESSES
1999 Spring- Las Vegas, NV, US 11-14 April 1999 Technical Class: "Subsidence and Sinkholes" Abstracts Spring 1999 Abstracts In-Situ Determinations of Geohydraulic Parameters of Natural Salt Rocks for Gas in Loosening Zones Around Drifts (Cavities) A Salt-Cavern Abandonment Test Geomechanical Evaluation of Sabine Gas Transmission Company's Cavern No.2 at Spindel Top Salt Dome Thermodynamic Evaluation of Sabine Gas Transmission Company's Cavern No. 2 at Spindel Top Salt Dome Advanced Geometrical Modeliling of Salt Dissolution during Cavern Leaching Illustration with a Case Study Feasibility Study for Lowering the Minimum Gas Pressure in Solution-Mined Caverns Based on Geomechanical Analyses of Creep-Induced Damage and Healing Salt Permeability : A Synthesis of the Rome Panel Discussion Assessment of Sinkhole Formation Potential Above Brine Caverns Corrosion Monitoring of Downhole Equipment in Underground Storage Facilities Corrosion Experiences in Salt Cavern Storage and Mining Operations at Grand Bayou The Engineered Expansion of Domal Cavern Space at an Existing Natural Gas Storage Complex - A Case History Development of Cement Evaluation Quality Control Measures for Cavern Wells Possible Geologic Influence on Salt Falls Associated with the Storage Caverns at Bryan Mound, Brazoria County, Texas Correlation of Creep Behavior of Domal Salts Fracture and Healing of Rock Salt Related to Salt Caverns McCAULEY SINKS: a Composite Breccia Pipe in Evaporite Karst, Holbrook Basin, Arizona Corrosion Prevention and Monitoring at the Manosque Facility (29 Caverns for Liquid Hydrocarbons) Corrosion Mechanisms in Brine Study of Temperature Conditions While Underground Storage Construction Using Rock Salt Dissolution by Water Supplied Through Injection Wells Inflatable Packers and Applications in Salt Dome Storage Cavern Wells Analyses of Salt Caverns with Granular Wastes Safety Concerns in Hydrocarbon Storage Solution Void Cavity Definition Using the Surface-Based Z-Scan High Resolution Magnetotlluric System	1999 Fall- Washington, DC, US 3-6 Oct 1999 Technical Class: "Subsidence and Sinkholes" Abstracts

Quick Links

Fall 2023 Call for Papers
Membership Sign Up
Fall 2023 Sponsor Policy
Follow SMRI on LinkedIn
SMRI Job Board

Upcoming Events

Fri Aug 4, 2023All unsolicited proposals due to Research Coordinators for Fall 2023

Category: Events

Sun Oct 1, 2023Fall 2023 Conference San Antonio, Texas

Category: Events

View Full Calendar

Conference Sponsors

Lonquist & Co. provides diversified engineering consulting services including salt cavern engineering, Natural Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons, Greenfield Site Selection, Salt Geology and Characterization, Permit Preparation, Well and Cavern Design, Mechanical Integrity Testing, Solution Mining Modeling, Inventory Verification, Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), and Operational Audits,

Job Board

© Solution Mining Research Institute.
679 Plank Rd Clifton Park, NY 12065

679 Plank Road, Clifton Park NY, USA 12065
518-579-6587

Solution Mining Research Institute

LinkedIn
Job Board SMRI

© Copyright 2022 SMRI. All rights reserved.