Geoseismic issues considered for design of the Samalayuca pipeline, El Paso County, Texas

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:403429

Keaton, J R ^[1]; Beckwith, G H ^[2]; Medina, O ^[3]

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1. AGRA Earth and Environmental, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
2. AGRA Earth and Environmental, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (United States)
3. El Paso Natural Gas Co., TX (United States)

The Samalayuca, Pipeline is a proposed 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline extending approximately 21 miles from the Hueco Compressor Station on the El Paso Natural Gas main line to the International Boundary with Mexico near Clint, Texas, about 25 miles southeast of El Paso. The purpose of the project is to supply gas for power generation at a plant south of Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Geoseismic issues considered in the design of the Samalayuca Pipeline consisted of surface fault rupture, earthquake-induced landslides, and liquefaction-induced ground displacement.Faults represent two kinds of hazard to pipeline facilities: surface displacement and strong shaking. Earthquake-induced landslides and liquefaction require strong shaking to occur before these processes represent hazards to buried pipelines.

• OSTI ID: 403429
• Report Number(s): CONF-9508226--; ISBN 0-7844-0101-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
DESIGN
EARTHQUAKES
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GROUND MOTION
NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY ENGINEERING
SEISMIC EFFECTS
TEXAS
TRANSPORT
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES