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Session Proposal: Underground salt storage systems (AGU25)

T024
Underground salt storage systems

Session ID#: 249489

Session Description:
This session aims to convene researchers and practitioners to exchange insights regarding the geomechanical behavior of salt caverns under diverse thermo-hydro-mechanical conditions for the underground storage of energy resources and waste materials. Contributions are invited that investigate the following themes: (1) the mechanisms that govern viscoplastic behavior and micro-cracking in salt rock; (2) innovative modeling methodologies spanning from fracture to reservoir scales; (3) the effects of geological and hydrological heterogeneity associated with various salt types; and (4) the implications of operational scenarios, including the frequency of injection and production as well as the types of materials stored. By promoting interdisciplinary dialogue, this session aims to enhance understanding of salt cavern stability and improve the safety and efficiency of underground storage solutions. SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NA0003525.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
Index Terms:

1822 Geomechanics [HYDROLOGY]
5120 Plasticity, diffusion, and creep [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
8164 Stresses: crust and lithosphere [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8199 General or miscellaneous [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Kyung Won Chang, Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
Conveners:  Tonya Ross1, Byoung-Yoon Park1 and Donald Conley2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States(2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Tonya Ross, Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
 
Low-stress creep mechanism under cyclic operations in salt dome caverns (1861715)
Kyung Won Chang and Tonya Ross, Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
 
High-resolution Salt Interface Inversion in Salt-bearing Basins in the Central Segment of West African (1871480)
Qingluan Wang, Chang'an University, Xi'an, China, Shengqing Xiong, China Aero Geophysical Survey and Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resources, Key Laboratory of Airborne Geophysics and Remote Sensing Geology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, China and Wanyin Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Qingdao, China
 
Multiscale Characterization and Effective Properties of Avery Island Rock Salt (1879975)
Yong-Rak Kim1, In Kyu Jeon1 and Kyung Won Chang2, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States
 
Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Avery Island Salt under Cyclic Extension-compression Loading at High Confining Pressure (1973997)
Omer Iqbal, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Hiroko Kitajima, Texas A&M University, Center for Tectonophysics and the Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, United States, Benjamin Reedlunn, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, Frederick M Chester, Texas A & M University, Center for Tectonophysics and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States and Kyung Won Chang, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
 
Geotechnical Support for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (2005185)
Tonya Ross1, David Hart2, Kyung Won Chang1, Todd Zeitler2, Byoung-Yoon Park1, Anna S. Lord1 and Hannah Maurer2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albuquerque, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Geotechnology & Engineering Department, Albquerque, United States
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