Chemistry and mineralogy of samples from the strategic petroleum reserve Bryan Mound site
The goal of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) program is to protect the United States from a temporary cutoff of imported crude oil by stockpiling a reserve of oil in caverns in Gulf Coast salt domes. Some suitable caverns already exist as a result of solution mining activities by commercial mining companies. Most of the caverns for the program, however, will be solution mined specifically for the SPR program. The tasks assigned to Sandia National Laboratories include conducting a geotechnical program and providing interim technical support for the leaching of the first five caverns in the Bryan Mound, Texas, salt dome. This report describes chemical, mineralogical and petrological work done at Sandia as of May 1, 1980 in support of Bryan Mound activities. Samples of Bryan Mound salt cores, sidewall samples and drill cuttings have been subjected to chemical, mineralogical and petrographic analysis. Halite (NaCl) was the major mineral in all samples with anhydrite (CaSO/sub 4/) a common accessory. Minor or trace sylvite (KCl) and quartz (SiO/sub 2/) were detected in some sidewall samples. Other minor minerals found in drill cuttings included quartz; mixed carbonates of Fe, Ca and Mg; and several iron oxides. Possibly the carbonates are reaction products with the basic drilling mud or possibly pieces of caprock which contaminated the cuttings. The iron oxides were probably produced by corrosion of the drill stem or bit. Densities of several core samples were determined and insoluble residue was counted for radioactivity.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5144205
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-80-1258
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BOREHOLES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM SULFATES
CAVITIES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DENSITY
DIFFRACTION
DISSOLUTION
DRILL CORES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GULF COAST
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LEACHING
MINERALOGY
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROGRAPHY
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
QUARTZ
RADIOACTIVITY
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT CAVERNS
SALT DEPOSITS
SCATTERING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SITE SELECTION
SODIUM CHLORIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
STORAGE FACILITIES
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
USA
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