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Title: Risk assessment of converting salt caverns to natural gas storage. Final report, November 1994-July 1995

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:220356

The objective of this paper was an assessment of the risks of release of large quantities of natural gas from salt caverns converted from other uses to the storage of compressed natural gas (CNG). A total of 22 potential root causes for large releases of natural gas from converted salt converns were identified and ranked in terms of relative risk. While this project assessed the relative risks of major gas releases, the absolute risk was determined by implication to be extremely low, as indicated by the historical record.

Research Organization:
Radian Corp., Austin, TX (United States)
OSTI ID:
220356
Report Number(s):
PB-96-146014/XAB; DCN-95-660-213-01; CNN: Contract GRI-5094-270-3013; TRN: 60921432
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English