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Effects of anomalous salt features on caverns in Gulf Coast domes
Early solution miners encountered occasional difficulties with nonsymmetric caverns (including ''wings'' and ''chimneys''), gas releases, insoluble stringers, and excessive anhydrite ''sands.'' Apparently there was no early recognition of trends for these encounters, although certain areas were avoided after problems appeared consistently within them. Solution mining has now matured, and an accumulation of experience indicates that anomalous salt features occur on a number of Gulf Coast domes. Trends incorporating concentrations of anomalous features will be referred to as ''anomalous zones,'' or AZs (after Kupfer). The main objective of this Project is to determine the effects of AZ encounters on solution-mined caverns and related storage operations in domes. Geological features of salt domes related directly to cavern operations and AZs will be described briefly, but discussions of topics related generally to the evolution of Gulf Coast salt structures are beyond the scope of this Project.
Effects of anomalous salt features on caverns in Gulf Coast domes
Early solution miners encountered occasional difficulties with nonsymmetric caverns (including ''wings'' and ''chimneys''), gas releases, insoluble stringers, and excessive anhydrite ''sands.'' Apparently there was no early recognition of trends for these encounters, although certain areas were avoided after problems appeared consistently within them. Solution mining has now matured, and an accumulation of experience indicates that anomalous salt features occur on a number of Gulf Coast domes. Trends incorporating concentrations of anomalous features will be referred to as ''anomalous zones,'' or AZs (after Kupfer). The main objective of this Project is to determine the effects of AZ encounters on solution-mined caverns and related storage operations in domes. Geological features of salt domes related directly to cavern operations and AZs will be described briefly, but discussions of topics related generally to the evolution of Gulf Coast salt structures are beyond the scope of this Project.
Effects of anomalous salt features on caverns in Gulf Coast domes
1992
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
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