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Following is a representative listing of completed projects.   Additional information about currently active projects is available elsewhere.

Subsurface Facilities

Solution-Mined Storage Wells/Caverns

Owner Location No of Wells  Well Depth (ft)
Alabama Electric McIntosh, AL 1 2600
Amoco Stratton Ridge, TX 1 3500
Amoco Stratton, Ridge, TX 7 3000
Bay Gas Storage Ltd McIntosh, Al 3 5700
Bridgeline Sorrento, LA 1 5000
Buckeye Moab, Ut 1 2000
California. Liquid Gas Phoenix, Az 2 3000
Centana Winnie, TX 3 5200
Chevron Hattiesburg, Mx 1 5200
Consumers Power Marysville, OH 8 2300
Diamond Shamrock Mt. Belvieu, TX 3 5700+
DOE - SPR Hackberry, LA 22 5000
DOE - SPR Bryan Mound, TX 21 4500
DOE - SPR Bayou Choctaw, LA 6 4500
DOE - SPR Big Hill, TX 14 4500
Enterprise Products Gaines County, TX 1 2600
Enterprise Products Mt Belvieu, TX 3 2500
Enterprise Products Petal, MS 1 4000
Enron Napoleonville, LA 1 4000
Gulf South Pipeline Napoleonville, LA 1 4000
Hattiesburg Storage Hattiesburg, MS 3 3000
HSF Hattiesburg, MS 2 3000
Koch Medford, Ok 5 1300
Lone Star Gas Bethel, TX 2 5300
LOOP Inc. Clovelly, LA 42 3000
Petrostar Sarnia, Ontario 7 2300
Ponchartrain Gas Napoleonville, LA 1 4000
Sabine Gas Winnie, TX 2 5200
SE Michigan Gas Marysville, Mi 5 2300
Surburban Propane Holbrook, Az 2 1000
Transco Eminence, MS 7 1400
Transgas Sask. Canada 5 5500
TUFCO Bethel, TX 3 5000
Valero Boling, TX 2 4500
TOTAL   189  

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Conventionally-Mined Storage Caverns

Operator, Location & (Year) Capacity Product Formation
103bbl 103m
►Amerada Hess
+ Erskine, MN (1962) 330 52.5 Butane Dolomite
►BP
+ Demopolis, AL (1956) 143 22.7 Propane Chalk
+ Demopolis, AL (1956) 225 35.8 Permanently Abandoned Chalk
+  Griffith, IN (1970) 300 47.7 Out of Service Shale
+  Hammond, IN (1984) 400 63.6 Propane Limestone
+  Toledo, OH (1970) 175 27.8 Propane & Propylene Shale
+  Tuscola, IL (1964) 800 127.2 Propane Limestone
& Shale
+  Whiting, IN (1982) 400 63.6 Butane Limestone
+  Wood River, IL 240 38.2 Propane Limestone
+  Guang Dong Province, PRC (2007) 1,260 200 Butane Granite
+  Guang Dong Province, PRC (2006) 1,260 200 Propane Granite
►Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
+  Baltimore, MD (1962) 150 23.8 Propane Granite
►Cinergy Corporation
+  Cincinnati, OH (1963) 191 30.4 Propane Limestone
+  Covington, KY (1961) 175 27.8 Propane Limestone
►ConocoPhillips
+  Linden, NJ (1957) 230 36.7 Butane Shale/Siltstone
+  Linden, NJ (1958) 225 35.8 Propane Shale/Siltstone
+  Linden, NJ 100 15.9 Butane Shale
+  Linden, NJ 125 19.9 Butane Shale
+  Linden, NJ 150 23.8 Butane Shale
+  Mt. Vernon, MO (1964) 80 12.7 Propane Limestone
+  Ponca City, OK (1961) 300 47.7 Propane Limestone
+  Wood River, IL (1962) 100 15.9 Propane Limestone
+  Wood River, IL (1960) 520 82.7 Butane Limestone
+  Wood River, IL (1961) 207 32.9 Propane Limestone
►Dixie Pipeline Co.
+  Milner, GA (1965) 220 35.0 Propane Granite
►DuPont Facility Services
+  Gibstown, NJ (1968) 180 28.6 Anhydrous
Ammonia Out of Service)		 Granite
►Energy Marketing & Trading
+  Carthage, MO (1967) 187 29.7

Propane

Shale
►Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
+  Des Moines, IA (1970) 80 12.6 Ethane/Propane Shale
+  Des Moines, IA (1967) 60 9.5 Butane Limestone
+  Des Moines, IA (1967) 180 28.6 Propane Shale
+  Morris, IL (1971) 150 23.8 Ethane Shale
►Laclede Gas Company
+  Florissant, MO (1972) 785 124.8 Propane Shale
►Marathon Petroleum Co
+  Neal, WV (2008) 1200 191 Propane Shale
►Markwest Hydrocarbon, Inc
+  Siloam, KY (1959) 200 31.8 Propane Shale
+  Siloam, KY (1959) 74 11.6 Butane Shale
►Metropolitan Utilities District
+  Omaha, NE (1959) 150 23.8 Propane Shale
+  Omaha, NE (1963) 250 39.7 Propane Limestone
►Mid-America Pipeline Company  (Enterprise Products)
+  Greenwood, NE (1963) 400 63.6 Propane Limestone
+  Iowa City, IA (1963) 400 63.6 Propane Shale/Limestone
+  Iowa City, IA (1967) 220 35.0 Propane Shale
+  Farmington, IL (1965) 400 63.6 Permanently Abandoned Shale
►Norsk-Hydro
+  Heroya, Norway 300 47.7 Anhydrous
 Ammonia		 Limestone
►Premcor Refining Group, Inc
+  Lima, OH 425 67.6 Propane/
Propylene		 Shale
►Shell-Berre
+  Rouen, France 200 31.8 Butane Chalk
+  Rouen, France 60 9.5 Propane Chalk
►Suburban Propane
+  York, SC (1976) 375 59.6 Out of Service Granite
+  York, SC (1979) 1400 222.6 Propane Granite
►SUNOCO
+  Marcus Hook, PA (1958) 250 39.7 Butane Granite
+  Marcus Hook, PA (1960) 250 39.7 Butane Granite
+  Marcus Hook, PA (1961) 400 63.6 Butane Granite
+  Marcus Hook, PA (1962) 75 11.9 Propylene Granite
+  Marcus Hook, PA (1976) 1185 188.4 Butane Granite
+  Tulsa, OK (1966) 230 36.6 Butane Shale
►TEPPCO
+  Greensburg, PA (1964) 100 15.9 Butane Shale
+  Greensburg, PA (1973) 200 31.8 Propane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1959) (Owner: Dayton Power & Light) 185 29.4 Propane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1959) 235 37.4 Butane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1959) (Owner: Cinergy) 160 25.4 Butane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1959) (Owner: Cinergy) 190 30.2 Propane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1960) 225 35.8 Isobutane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1961) 425 67.6 Permanently Abandoned Shale
+  Middletown, OH 60 9.5 But/Prop Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1963) 425 67.6 Propane Shale
+  Middletown, OH (1974) 525 83.5 Propane Shale
+  Oakland City, (Princeton) IN (1961) 155 24.6 Propane Shale
+  Monee, IL (1972) 200 31.8 Isobutane Shale
+  Monee, IL (1982) 115 18.3 Butane Shale
+  Seymour, IN (1961) 207 32.9 Isobutane Shale
+  Watkins Glen, NY (1984) 1141 181.4 Propane Shale/Siltstone
►Warren Petroleum Corporation
+  Aurora, IL 50 7.9 Permanently Abandoned Shale
+  Breckenridge, TX (1940) 20 3.2 Permanently Abandoned Shale
+  Breckenridge, TX (1952) 30 4.8 Permanently Abandoned Shale
+  Crossville, IL (1953) 50 7.9 Permanently Abandoned Shale
+  Eola, IL (1953) 50 7.9 Permanently Abandoned Shale
►Washington Gas Light
+  Burke, VA (1962) 300 47.7 Propane Granite
►Westlake Group        
+  Calvert City, KY (1963) 250 39.7 Propane Limestone
+  Calvert City, KY (1963) 25 4.0 Propylene Limestone
►TOTAL - 78 Caverns 23,805 3,784

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Brine Production Wells

Owner Location No of Wells  Well Depth (ft)
Diamond Crystal St. Clair, Mi 1 2200
Kaiser Sorrento, LA 1 5000
LaRoche Chem Sorrento, LA 1 5000
Olin Chemical McIntosh, Al 3 4000
Olin Chemical W. Hackberry, LA 3 5000
Oxychem Dale, NY 4 2000
Salgema Brazil 20 3950
TOTAL   32  

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Disposal Wells

Owner Location No of Wells  Well Depth (ft)
Amoco Stratton Ridge, TX 3 7000
Centana/ Sabine Gas Winnie, TX 3 6000
DOE - SPR Bayou Choctaw, LA 10 3500-7800
DOE - SPR Hackberry, LA 3 1700-6000
EGP Fuels Mt. Belvieu, TX 1 7200
Enterprise Products Mt. Belvieu, TX 1 8300
EPRI Pittsfield, IL 2 670-750
Hattiesburg Storage Hattiesburg, MS 2 4500
Koch Medford, Ok 1 4600
Lone Star Energy Dayton, TX 1 7000
PPG Michigan 2 4000
Texas Eastern Mt. Belvieu, TX 1 8000
Transco Eminence, MS 4 5000
Transco Potter City, Pa 1 17000
Transco Whitney Pt, NY 1 8000
TUFCO Bethel, TX 2 5500
US Bureau of Reclamation Paradox Valley, Co 1 16000
Valero Energy Boling, TX. 3 7000
Warren Petroleum Mt. Belvieu, TX 1 7000
Warren Petroleum Hattiesburg, MS 2 5500
Total   45  

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Large Diameter Shafts

Owner Location Description
Marathon Petroleum Co Neal, WV (1) - 96" and (2) - 36" steel-lined shafts , 650-ft deep for hard rock storage cavern
US Department of Energy Amchitka, AK Drilled a 90-inch shaft to a record depth of 6,150 feet for the purpose of nuclear weapons testing emplacement. (F&S)
US Department of Energy Nevada Drilled and lined two 120-inch diameter shafts. One shaft was drilled to a depth of 4,782 feet and a 54-inch casing with a 116-inch steel chamber was cemented to total depth.  A second, uncased shaft was drilled to approximately 5,500 feet. (F&S)
 US Bureau of Mines Colorado Drilled and cased a 96-inch shaft to a depth of approximately 2,400 feet in oil shale in the Piceance Creek Basin. (F&S)
US Department of Energy Nevada Designed and supervised the drilling and casing of over 600 shafts with drilled diameters ranging from 48 to 160 inches at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Cumulative drilled footage was over 750,000 feet. (F&S)

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Surface Facilities

Leach Plants

Owner Location Pumping Rate (gpm) MAOP Total HP
Alabama Electric McIntosh, AL 2200 800 500
Amoco Stratton Ridge, TX 1500 1000 2250
Bay Gas Storage, Ltd McIntosh, AL 3000 1400 5400
California Liquid Gas Phoenix, AZ 350 800 250
Centana/Sabine Gas Winnie, TX 3000 1250 6000
Chevron Hattiesburg, MS 2200 1100 2400
DOE - SPR West Hackberry, LA 34000 1100 15000
DOE - SPR Bryan Mound, TX 34000 950 15000
DOE - SPR Big Hill, TX 42000 950 18000
DOE - SPR Bayou Choctaw, LA 18000 950 12000
HSF Hattiesburg, MS 2000 800 2500
Koch Industries Medford, OK 350 500
LOOP Clovelly, LA 4200 500 1500
Transco Eminence, MS 2800 1250 3600
TUFCO Bethel, TX 1500 1200 2600
Valero Energy Boling, TX 3000 1100 5200

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Stations and Terminals

Owner Location Description
Confidential Port Arthur, TX Fast-track detailed engineering design and construction and commissioning support for a high pressure ethane pipeline booster pump station.
Saltville Gas Storage Co Saltville, VA Detailed design and construction management for a 10,500 hp compressor station for NUI/Virginia Gas Pipeline's Saltville storage facility. This work was done in conjunction with other subsurface work to expand the facility's storage, injection and delivery capacity.
TEPPCO Baytown, TX Detailed design and construction support for the conversion of a butane pipeline to diesel fuel service, including installation of a 1500 hp pump station.
Marathon Petroleum Co Neal, WV Surface facilities and pipelines for propane cavern delivery and receipt.
NYSEG Seneca Lake, NY Conversion of an underground LPG storage facility to natural gas service.  Designed cavern dewatering systems, compressors, coolers, dehydrators, pressure control and metering stations, cross-country pipelines and related systems and equipment.
Hattiesburg Natural Gas Storage Petal, MS $10 million gas compressor facility that included compressors, coolers, dehydrators, and pressure control and metering stations.
Hattiesburg LPG Storage Petal, MS $9 million propane terminal consisting of two storage caverns, brine disposal wells, truck and rail loading facilities, dehydration plant, tank farm, buildings and related systems and equipment.
Spindletop Natural Gas Storage Beaumont, TX $62 million gas storage facility that included leach plant, caverns, compressors, coolers, dehydrators, pressure control and metering stations and related systems and equipment and wetlands survey.
US Defense Fuel Supply Agency Long Beach, CA Marine fuel terminal that included tank farm, product reclamation, ballast treatment and fire fighting systems and pipelines beneath the Los Angeles Harbor ship channel.  Also provided construction phase engineering support and engineering services for demolition and site remediation of abandoned marine fuel terminal.
US Department of Energy Weeks Island, LA 600,000 BPD, 10,500 hp crude oil pipeline pump station.
Shell Oil Co. People's Republic of China Designed piping, mechanical, electrical, instrument and control systems for a marine LPG propane terminal which included storage spheres, truck loading facilities, cylinder filling plant, buildings and related systems and equipment.
Union Texas Petroleum Ringwood, OK $10 million gas dehydration and compression plant, including LPG sweetening and related systems and equipment.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Pittsfield, IL First experimental CAES facility in the U.S. which included wells, compressors, coolers, filters, dryers and related systems and equipment.
Enron Shenzhen, PRC Conceptual design $25 million LPG import terminal including dock facilities, pressurized storage and optional refrigerated storage.
US Department of Energy Offshore Marine Terminal Preliminary design of Strategic Petroleum Reserve marine terminal offshore Big Hill, Tx, SPR storage site.  Design for $100 million, 930,000 BPD facility included offshore structure, pumps, metering, piping, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls and single point moorings for crude oil loading and distribution and 22 mile 36" diameter offshore pipeline.

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Pipelines

Location Fluid Description
Texas and Louisiana Ethane Pipeline capacity expansion, booster pump station and loop line segment, interstate pipeline system.
Los Angeles Area Jet and Marine Diesel Fuels Three, 18" diameter, 6.5 mile long pipelines for JP-4, JP-5 and marine diesel fuel, including earthquake protection and directionally-drilled ship channel crossings, for U.S. Navy.
AL, LA, MS & TX Crude Oil, Water and Brine Nearly 500 miles of 24" through 48" crude oil, water and brine pipelines in dryland, wetland and offshore locations, including pump and meter stations, for five U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage sites and marine terminal.

Crude Oil Pipelines: total of 90 miles of 24", 3 miles of 30" and 180 miles of 36".
Water Pipelines: total of 23 miles of 42".
Brine Pipelines: total of 11 miles of 42" and 90 miles of 48"
Dual-purpose brine and crude oil pipeline - 104 miles of internally-lined 40".
Texas & Louisiana Crude Oil Oil distribution system performance assessment study for U.S. Department of Energy.  Evaluated the capacity and operability of the following oil terminals and connecting pipelines:

Oil Tanking of Texas Houston TX
Amoco Marine Terminal Houston TX
Texaco Marine Terminal Port Neches TX
Sun Oil Marine Terminal Nederland TX
DOE St. James Terminal St James LA
LOOP Covelly Terminal Galliano, LA
Citgo Clifton Ridge Terminal Lakes Charles, LA
Conoco Pecan Grove Terminal Lake Charles, LA
LOOP and LOCAP pipelines LA
Texas 20/22 pipelines TX & LA
Texas Crude Oil, Water and Brine Total of 104 miles of 36" through 48" crude oil, water and brine pipelines in dryland, wetland and offshore locations, including pump and meter stations, for U.S. Department of Energy.
Texas Natural Gas 40 miles of 10" natural gas gathering system including compressor station.
Wyoming Natural Gas 30 miles of 8" & 10" natural gas trunk lines including compressor stations.
Texas Natural Gas 20 miles of 4" & 6" natural gas gathering system including compressor stations.
Texas Natural Gas 5 miles of 12" natural gas transmission line including major water crossing.
Arizona Propane 3.6 miles of 6" propane pipeline connecting underground storage facility to railroad terminal.
Alberta, Canada Natural Gas 25 miles of 10" natural gas trunk line including compressor stations and processing plant.
Mississippi Propane 8" propane pipelines including meter and pump stations.

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