LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE IN SALT CAVERNS AT MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS, USA
The Barbers Hill salt dome in Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA, is home to 134 solution-mined caverns (and 135 wells) used primarily for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage and distribution and brine production. The development of the worlds largest underground LPG storage complex began more than 50 years ago and continues today, with the most recent storage well completed in 2008. The existing solution-mined cavern volume today is nearly 350 million petroleum barrels. The complex is permitted for expansion to more than 600 million petroleum barrels. This paper describes the local geology, the Barbers Hill salt dome salt properties, structural geology as it impacts solution mining, ground motion monitoring, and the historic cavern development and operations including regulatory developments.
Caverns LPG Domal Salt
Joe L.Ratigan
PB Energy Storage Services Inc.
国际会议
9th International Symposium on Salt(第九届世界盐业大会)
北京
英文
449-456
2009-09-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）