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There's a great deal of useful information
about underground storage available on the web, so it
certainly need not be repeated on this website. Following are some selected links to websites
that present additional information about many aspects of underground
storage. The links are rather cavalierly rated according to the
relative quantity and quality of content.
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Government
and Academia
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co.chambers.tx.us
/mb/mbhist.html |
Chambers County, Texas. History of Barber's Hill Dome, the
most active salt cavern dome in the world.
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ead.anl.gov/... |
Argonne National Laboratory. Risk
analysis for nonhazardous, underground waste disposal.
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eia.doe.gov |
US Energy Information Agency.
Boatloads of statistical data.
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fe.doe.gov
/spr |
US DOE SPR website. More than you probably
need to know
about the world's largest underground storage complexes.
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fe.doe.gov
/program_
reserves.html |
US DOE website for strategic,
naval and heating oil reserves.
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fe.doe.gov
/oil_gas/gasstorage |
US DOE. Great basic information
about natural gas distribution and storage.
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kgs.ukans.edu
/hydro/hutch |
Kansas Geological Survey. Information about the Hutchinson
incident.
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netl.doe.gov
/scng/trans-dist/ |
National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Extensive information about natural gas transportation and
storage. |
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npto.doe.gov
/saltcaverns |
National Petroleum Technology Office.
Very good background information about
salt caverns. The leaching illustrations are misleading, so
view them with a grain of salt.
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utexas.edu
/research/beg/salt |
University of Texas. Website
intended to "...present data specific to bedded salt
that will be of interest to both industrial operators and to
government regulators in the context of salt-cavern
development...". |
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Industry
Associations
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api.org |
American Petroleum Institute. The
900 lb gorilla of oil and gas industry organizations.
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gri.org |
Gas Technology Institute. Leading
industry organization that is very involved with underground
storage. Features an extensive report: Natural
Gas Storage: Historical Development and Expected Evolution.
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pttc.org |
Petroleum Technology Transfer
Council. Valuable information, as the organization's
name suggests.
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saltinstitute.org |
Salt Institute. Leading industry
organization, good information and US
salt map.
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solutionmining.org |
Solution Mining Research Institute.
Leading industry organization. A bonanza
of reliable information.
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Regulatory
Agencies
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usoilandgas.com
/dir/state.htm |
US Oil, Gas
& Oilfield Regional Directory. Excellent list of
links to many state regulatory agencies.
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ferc.fed.us |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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kdhe.state.ks.us/uic |
Kansas Dept of Health and Environment. |
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dnr.state.la.us
/cons/conserv.ssi |
Louisiana Dept of Natural
Resources |
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emnrd.state.nm.us
/ocd/ |
New Mexico Oil Conservation Division |
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ogb.state.ms.us |
Mississippi Oil and Gas Board |
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tnrcc.state.tx.us |
On September 1, 2002, the Texas Natural Resources Conservation
Commission (TNRCC) formally changed its name and began doing
business as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ). |
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rrc.state.tx.us |
Texas Railroad Commission |
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Commercial
and Other
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platts.com |
Profile of Alabama Electric Cooperative's
McIntosh CAES Facility. the US' only operating CAES cavern facility to date. |
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elgas.com.au
/corp/cavern.htm |
Elgas (Australia). Very good general
information about mined storage caverns. |
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mexp.com
/video.asp |
Miller Exploration Co. Interesting virtual tour of a salt dome.
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naturalgas.org/
naturalgas/
storage.asp |
Sponsored by NGSA, IPAA and
NOIA.
Consolidated overview of gas storage in depleted reservoirs,
aquifers and salt caverns. |
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skgas.co.kr/... |
SKGas (Korea). Flow diagram for a marine
LPG terminal with a mined storage cavern.
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tekes.fi
/eng/international
/opet/oulu.html |
National Technology Agency
(Finland). Novel use of a rock cavern for heat
storage.
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workover.co.uk/.... |
(UK) Brief, illustrated description of the
formation of a salt dome.
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