Storage of liquid hydrocarbons in salt dome caverns
Patent
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OSTI ID:6447418
Liquid hydrocarbons are stored in salt dome caverns containing brine after first stripping the brine of contaminating gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide by sparging a decontaminating gas such as nitrogen into the brine and removing the nitrogen and the contaminating gases from the salt dome cavern.
- Assignee:
- Shell Oil Co
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4365978
- OSTI ID:
- 6447418
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
02 PETROLEUM
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
BRINES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CAVITIES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
DOMED STRUCTURES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUIDS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SALT CAVERNS
SPARGERS
STORAGE
WATER
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
BRINES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CAVITIES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
DOMED STRUCTURES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUIDS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SALT CAVERNS
SPARGERS
STORAGE
WATER