Stability analysis of abandoned salt caverns used for underground gas storage

Yanshilixue Yu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 848-854

  Chen, Weizhong ^a   Wu, Guojun ^a   Dai, Yonghao ^a   Yang, Chunhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned salt cavern; Casing shoe; Creep; Gas storage; Rock mechanics; Salt rock

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL GAS; ROCK MECHANICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABANDONED SALT CAVERN; CASING SHOE; SALT ROCK; UNDERGROUND OIL;

UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE;

EID: 33745161833     PISSN: 10006915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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