Previous ConferencesRecent SMRI conference locations and activities:2020 Fall Virtual was held 21-24 September2019 Fall Berlin, Germany was held 22-25 SeptemberTechnical Class repeated "Mechanical Integrity Testing (MIT) and Techniques in Gas and Liquids Storage Caverns." Field trips included 1) Falkenhagen wind energy hydrogen storage facility of Uniper Energy Storage and 2) Freiberg silver mine and terra mineralia museum. 2019 Spring New Orleans, Louisiana, USA was held 7-10 AprilTechnical Class was "Mechanical Integrity Testing (MIT) and Techniques in Gas and Liquids Storage Caverns." Field trips included 1) Bayou Choctaw, 2) LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port), 3) Weeks Island Mine, Morton Salt (K+S), 4) Avery Island Mine, Cargill Salt. 2018 Fall Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK was held 23-26 SeptemberTechnical Class was a repeat of "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining" from Salt Lake City. Field trips included Geology of Northern Ireland and Irish Salt Mining and Exploration, Ltd. facilities. 2018 Spring Salt Lake City, Utah, USA was held 17-18 JuneTechnical Class was "Engineering Calculations in Solution Mining" No field trips were held due to the 10th World Salt Symposium which immediately followed in Park City. 2017 Fall Münster, Germany conference was held 24-27 September 2017Technical class was repeat of "Well Integrity Management for Salt Caverns" Field trips visited 1) Borth salt mine of ESCO and Xanten Innogy facility and 2) Hengelo salt facility, Akzo Nobel Netherlands, and 3) Epe/ Uniper and SGW facilities. 2017 Spring Albuquerque, NM, USA conference was held 23-27 April 2017 Technical class was "Well Integrity Management for Salt Caverns" 2016 Fall Salzburg, Austria conference was held 25-28 September 2016 Technical class was repeat of "Salt Rock Mechanics" 2016 Spring Galveston, TX, USA conference was held 24-27 April 2016 Technical class was "Salt Rock Mechanics" 2015 Fall Santander, Spain conference was held 27-30 September 2015 Technical class was repeat of "Salt Geology" 2015 Spring Rochester, NY, USA conference was held 26-29 April 2015 Technical class topic was "Salt Geology" 2014 Fall Groningen, The Netherlands, conference was held 28 Sept to 1 Oct 2014 Technical class was repeat of "Salt-cavern-induced Subsidence & Sinkholes." 2014 Spring San Antonio, Texas, USA, conference was held 4-7 May 2014 Technical class topic was "Salt-cavern-induced Subsidence & Sinkholes." 2013 Fall Avignon, France conference was held 29 Sept to 2 Oct 2013 with great participation: Technical class subject was repeat of Salt Well Logging. 2013 Spring Lafayette, LA USA conference was 21 - 24 April 2013 with over 300 tech delegates! Technical class subject was Salt Well Logging. 2012 Fall Bremen, Germany technical conference was 30 Sept - 3 Oct 2012, with great participation Technical class topic was "Fundamentals of Salt Cavern Development".
Field trips visited IVG Etzel, NWKG, and Solvay.
2012 Spring Regina, SK, Canada conference was 22 -25 April 2012 with 255 participants. Technical Class subject was “Solution Mining in Presence of Non-Halite Salts”, 2011 Fall- York UK2011 Spring- Galveston TX, USA2010 Fall- Leipzig, Germany2010 Spring – Grand Junction CO, USA2009 Fall – World Salt Symposium, Beijing, China (no Fall SMRI conference)2009 Spring – Krakow, Poland2008 Fall – Austin TX, USA2008 Spring- Porto, Portugal |