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Title: September 2016 Bayou Choctaw Subsidence Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1367448· OSTI ID:1367448
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Subsidence monitoring is a crucial component to understanding cavern integrity of salt storage caverns. This report looks at historical and current data at the Bayou Choctaw Strategic Petroleum Reserve Site. Data from the most recent land-based annual surveys, GPS, and tiltmeter indicate the subsidence rates across the site are approximately 0.0 ft./yr. Because of this, there is no evidence from the subsidence survey to suggest any of the DOE caverns have been structurally compromised.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Petroleum Reserves
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1367448
Report Number(s):
SAND2017-5688R; 653691
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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