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Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Salt Solution 
Mining
for Cavern Development Prior to
Gas Storage Operations
Mining for Cavern Development Prior to
Gas Storage Operations
Sempra Energy
This presentation will address some recent past and current
development activities at the Sempra Bay Gas Salt Cavern
Gas Storage Facility in Washington County, Alabama. The facility
has five caverns. Gas is actively being stored in four of them. Cavern
#5 is currently undergoing development for storage through
solution mining
. Figures 1 through 4 show the stages of
preparation of a cavern for gas storage operations.
Figure 1. Salt cavern de-watering process. Courtesy of Sempra Energy
Figure 2. Salt cavern de-watering process. Courtesy of Sempra Energy
Figure 3. Salt cavern de-watering process. Courtesy of Sempra Energy
Figure 4. Salt cavern de-watering process. Courtesy of Sempra Energy