Finite element study of working level separation at the Weeks Island salt dome
The Weeks Island salt dome has a former two-level room-and-pillar salt mine which is now filled with oil as part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This study is a determination of the safe separation of the SPR level from a postulated outburst beneath it. A series of finite element structural analyses model the mine excavation, filling, outburst occurrence, and subsequent time until the year 2045 for various postulated separation distances. It is found that if the outburst is 100 ft or more from the SPR then there is no discernable effect on the SPR. If the outburst is only 50 ft below the SPR, then there is a discernable but nonthreatening effect. 21 references, 21 figures, 2 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7073537
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-84-1021; ON: DE84015756
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
CAVITIES
CREEP
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VI
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAZARDS
LOUISIANA
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PETROLEUM
RESERVES
RESOURCES
ROCK BURSTS
SALT CAVERNS
SIMULATION
STORAGE
STRAINS
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
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