Preliminary Technical and Legal Evaluation of Disposing of Nonhazardous Oil Field Waste into Salt Caverns

Abstract

Bedded and domal salt deposits occur in many states. If salt deposits are thick enough, salt caverns can be formed through solution mining. These caverns are either created incidentally as a result of salt recovery or intentionally to create an underground chamber that can be used for storing hydrocarbon products or compressed air or for disposing of wastes. This report evaluates the suitability, feasibility, and legality of disposing of nonhazardous oil and gas exploration, development, and production wastes (hereafter referred to as oil field wastes, unless otherwise noted) in salt caverns.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA335594

Entities

People

  • Dan Caudle
  • Deborah Elcock
  • John Veil
  • Mary Raivel
  • Robert C. Ayers

Organizations

  • Argonne National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Chemistry
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Natural Resources
  • Petroleum
  • United States
  • Waste Disposal Facilities

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design