Salt deposits and gas cavern storage in the UK with a case study of salt exploration from cheshire

Oil Gas European Magazine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Beutel, Thomas ^a   Black, Stuart ^b  

^a KBB Underground Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^b Scottish Power   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SALT DEPOSITS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TECHNOLOGY;

DEPTH ZONES; LAND-LOCKED BASINS; SALT CAVERNS; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE (VSP);

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 15044361995     PISSN: 03425622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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