Analysis of brine disposal in the Gulf of Mexico. (1) Bryan Mound

Technical Report · Mon Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7175284

Bishop, J M

In implementing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) proposes to use storage caverns leached-out of the Bryan Mound salt dome on the coast of Texas near Freeport. Discharge into the Gulf of Mexico is an alternative under consideration for disposal of the saturated brine now in existing caverns and brine to be produced as additional caverns are solution-mined. This report was prepared to assist FEA in a full examination of potential environmental impacts of this brine disposal alternative as that agency presses to meet the legislative mandate of the SPR Program. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)

• Research Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA). Center for Experiment Design and Data Analysis
• OSTI ID: 7175284
• Report Number(s): PB-275415
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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ATLANTIC OCEAN
BRINES
CARIBBEAN SEA
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GULF OF MEXICO
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
PETROLEUM
REMOVAL
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SALT DEPOSITS
SEAS
SOUTHWEST REGION
STORAGE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
US FEA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT