SOLUTION MINING RESEARCH INSTITUTE SMRI Fall 2020 Conference VIRTUAL!!! 21-24 September 2020 General Schedule

CENTRAL

EUROPEAN TIME (CEST)

EASTERN TIME (EDT) EVENT

SMRI Conference Assistance dawnL@solutionmining.org (918-914-2499) jnadeau@solutionmining.org (518-579-6587)

6 am MDT to 8 pm MDT 7 am EDT to 8 pm EDT

Friday, 18 Sept

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM SMRI Research Committee Meeting

Saturday, 19 Sept 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM SMRI Executive Committee Meeting

Monday, 21 Sept 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM 8:00 AM– 5:00 PM Research Report Viewable with Moderators Presentations Taped

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM General Business Meeting (MEMBERS ONLY) Live Event

8:00 PM – 9:15 PM 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM Ice Breaker Live Event

Tuesday, 22 Sept 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 4:00 AM – 5:30 AM Morning Technical Session Opens Presentations Taped

and Viewable any period after the initial session broadcast

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM Break 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM 6:30 AM-10:00 AM Afternoon Technical Session Opens

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Q&A Session for Monday Research Presentations Live Event

Wednesday, 23 Sept 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM 2:00 AM – 5:30 AM Morning Technical Session Opens Presentations Taped

and Viewable any period after the session broadcasts

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM Break 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM 6:30 AM-10:00 AM Afternoon Technical Session Opens

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Q&A Session for Tuesday Technical Presentations Live Event

Thursday, 24 Sept

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM Q&A Session for Wednesday Technical Presentations Live Event

5:45 PM – 6:00 PM 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Conference Wrap Up Live Event The Technical Presentations will be initially broadcast in Central European Time (CEST) based on the Technical Papers Schedule. The individual recording will then be available to attendees to watch at their pace throughout the day. SMRI Executive and Research Committees will be monitoring presentations in order to assist with questions. Monitors will be available Monday through Wednesday from 3:00 AM EDT (9am CEST) until 8:00 PM EDT (2am CEST).

Time Author(s) Organization(s) Title PAGE

2:00 CEST(8am EDT) Pierre Berest Ecole PolytechniqueOral Research Report RR2020-1: Very Slow Creep Tests as a Basis of Cavern Stability Analysis, Phase 2, Zone 1- 5 MPa Investigation

1

2:30 CEST(8:30am EDT) Stuart Buchholz RESPEC

Oral Research Report RR2020-2: Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Modulus Measurements on Damaged Salt 3

10am CEST (4am EDT)

Gennady Koscheev1, Juan Grisolia1, Mort Houston1, Freddy Mendez2

Mark Cartwright3

(1) Baker Hughes Company, LLC., (2) Independent Contractor, (3) United Salt Saltville

Challenging Evaluation of Evaporite Deposits in a Thrust Fault Environment in Saltville, Virginia. 5

10:30am CEST (4:30am EDT)

Stefan Hoentzsch1, Jonathan D. Aubertin2, Laurent S. Schaible3

(1) K+S Windsor Salt Ltd. (2) Morton Salt Ltd. (3) K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Salt Mining in a Pile of Pancakes – The Silurian Salina Evaporite Formation in the Windsor-Detroit Area and its Implications for Mining and Geological Risk Assessment 23

11am CEST (5am EDT)

William M. Goodman1, Crystal M. Hocking2

(1) William Goodman (2) RESPEC

Water in the Hole! Development of Shaft Grouting Methods to Seal Devonian Limestone and Sandstone Aquifers in the First Shaft of the Detroit Salt Mine (1906–1907)

39

11:30-12:30 CEST LUNCH Tuesday Afternoon

12:30pm CEST (6:30am EDT)

Peter Laszlo Horvath1, Sabine Donadei1, Dirk Zapf2

(1) DEEP.KBB GmbH, (2) Leibniz Universität Hannover

Detailing of Basic Data, Information System & Potential Estimate for Site Selection of Salt Caverns for CAES and Hydrogen Storage in Bedded Salt

57

1pm CEST (7am EDT) Elsa Muller IFP Energies nouvelles Simulation of an Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air

Energy Storage (AA-CAES) of 100 MW power plant 75

1:30pm CEST (7:30am EDT)

Allan Lennox, Georgios Yfantis, Andrew Sloan, Evan Passaris

Atkins Limited Practical considerations when selecting recompletion method (dry/wet) in underground cavern storage UK 95

2:00-2:30 CEST

2:30pm CEST (8:30am EDT)

Benoit Brouard1, Vassily Zakharov1, A. Frangi2

(1) Brouard Consulting (2) Politecnico di Milano

Full Geomechanical Modeling and Data Management of a Gas

‐

Storage Facility using Locas 3D 115

3pm CEST (9am EDT)

Myriam Darbouret, Anne Sinquin, Thomas Valin, Didier Frot, Oliver Deploux, Corinne Sagnard

IFP Energies nouvelles THE ATOLI sensor : An ON-line ANALYSER for hydrate risk assessment for underground gas storage 141

3:30pm CEST (9:30am EDT) Guy Mason Acoustic Data

Implementation of the SonicGauge Wireless Monitoring System for long-term downhole pressure and temperature data acquisition in underground oil and gas storage wells and caverns

155

4:00-5:00 CEST

5:00 PM CEST

TECHNICAL PAPERS SCHEDULE

BREAK

Tuesday Morning, 22 September 2020 (All Times in CEST)

Monday Morning, 21 September 2020

END FOR DAY

Technical Paper Sessions

(10:00-11:00 am EDT) Live Question and Answer Period for Research Reports

The Technical Presentations will be initially broadcast at the noted times. The recordings will then be available to attendees to watch at their pace throughout the day.

Technical Papers Schedule 1

Time Author(s) Organization(s) Title PAGE

8am CEST (2am EDT)

Eslam Soliman2, Dickson Lee1, Mahmoud Reda Taha3

(1) Big Guns Energy Services Inc. (2) Assiut University (3) University of New Mexico

Volumes-Based and Mass-Based Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Technology for Accurate Estimation of Nitrogen Leakage in Mechanical Integrity Tests

167

8:30am CEST (2:30am EDT)

Mahya Hatambeigi1, Ishtiaque Anwar1, Kirsten Chojnicki2, Mahmoud Reda Taha1, John C. Stormont

(1) University of New Mexico (2) Sandia National Laboratories Effect of fluid pressure on the leakage through wellbore

cement fractures 185

9am CEST (3am EDT)

Ishtiaque Anwar1, Mahya Hatambeigi1, Kirsten Chojnicki2, Mahmoud Reda Taha1, John C. Stormont1.

(1) University of New Mexico, (2) Sandia National Laboratories Relationship between relative permeabilities for two-phase

flow through wellbore cement fractures 195

9:30 - 10:00 CEST BREAK

10am CEST (4am EDT)

Evan Passaris1, Richard Noden2, Georgios Yfantis1

(1) Atkins Limited, (2) SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited

Investigations of the geomechanical response of a propane storage cavern regarding its anticipated time-dependent growth

207

10:30am CEST (4:30am EDT) Gyorgy Szasz Stress Engineering Services, Inc. Detection of flow-induced vibration from wellhead

measurements 221

11am CEST (5am EDT)

Hugo Bosq1, Els Wijermars2, Ziggy Lubkowski3

(1) Magnitude, (2) Nouryon, (3) Arup Using continuous microseismic surveillance for the management of cavern fields 239

11:30 - 12:30 CEST LUNCH Wednesday Afternoon

12:30pm CEST (6:30am EDT)

Paule Labaune2,

Pierre Berest1 Yvan Charnavel2,

(1) Ecole Polytechnique, (2) Storengy Delayed brine outflow during changes in water input flow 253

1pm CEST (7am EDT)

David Hart1, John Torczynski1, Martin Nemer1, Gavin Fleming2, Dean Checkai2

(1) Sandia National Laboratories, (2) Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations Pipe Perforation and String Cuts for Leaching Mitigation 265

1:30pm CEST (7:30am EDT)

Jean-Paul Crabeil, Isabelle Tezenas, Aurelien Blenet, Thibaut Crabeil

Flodim Changing Leaching Phase With No or Little Work-Over Rig Assistance 285

2:00-2:30 CEST BREAK

2:30pm CEST (8:30am EDT)

Jinlong Li, Xilin Shi, Chunhe Yang, Yunmin Chen

Zhejing University Modeling the solution mining of salt cavern in bedded salt 305

3pm CEST (9am EDT)

Paolo Farina1, Veronica Taurino1, Jose C. Pereira2

(1) Geoapp srl, (2) Sabine Storage & Operations Inc.

Prediction of sinkholes induced by solution mining through the inverse velocity method 325

3:30pm CEST (9:30am EDT)

Cyriane Fournier1, Emmanuel Fontaine1, Hervé Gueuné2, Nizar Aouina1

Vanessa Leblanc2

(1) Geostock (2) Corrodys

Determination of Antibacterial Efficacy of Common Chemical Products Against Thiosulfate Reducing Bacteria in Saturated Salt Cavern Brine

337

4:00-5:30 CEST

5:30 PM CEST

TECHNICAL PAPERS SCHEDULE

END FOR DAY, END OF TECHNICAL PAPERS SESSIONS (10:00-11:30 am EDT) Live Question and Answer Period for Tuesday's Sessions

The Technical Presentations will be initially broadcast at the noted times. The recordings will then be available to attendees to watch at their pace throughout the day.

Wednesday Morning, 23 September 2020 (All Times in CEST)Technical Paper Sessions

Technical Papers Schedule 2

Time Author(s) Organization(s) Title

4:00 pm CEST (10am EDT) Pierre Berest Ecole Polytechnique

Oral Research Report RR2020-1: Very Slow Creep Tests as a Basis of Cavern Stability Analysis, Phase 2, Zone 1- 5 MPa Investigation

4:30 pm CEST (10:30 am EDT) Stuart Buchholz RESPEC

Oral Research Report RR2020-2: Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Modulus Measurements on Damaged Salt

4:00 pm CEST (10am EDT)

Gennady Koscheev1, Juan Grisolia1, Mort Houston1, Freddy Mendez2

Mark Cartwright3

(1) Baker Hughes Company, LLC.,(2) Independent Contractor,(3) United Salt Saltville

Challenging Evaluation of Evaporite Deposits in a Thrust Fault Environment in Saltville, Virginia.

4:10 pm CEST (10:10am EDT)

Stefan Hoentzsch1, Jonathan D. Aubertin2, Laurent S. Schaible3

(1) K+S Windsor Salt Ltd.(2) Morton Salt Ltd. (3) K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Salt Mining in a Pile of Pancakes – The Silurian Salina Evaporite Formation in the Windsor-Detroit Area and its Implications for Mining and Geological Risk Assessment

4:20 pm CEST (10:20am EDT)

William M. Goodman1, Crystal M. Hocking2

(1) William Goodman (2) RESPEC

Water in the Hole! Development of Shaft Grouting Methods to Seal Devonian Limestone and Sandstone Aquifers in the First Shaft of the Detroit Salt Mine (1906–1907)

4:30 pm CEST (10:30am EDT)

Peter Laszlo Horvath1, Sabine Donadei1, Dirk Zapf2

(1) DEEP.KBB GmbH, (2) Leibniz Universität Hannover

Detailing of Basic Data, Information System & Potential Estimate for Site Selection of Salt Caverns for CAES and Hydrogen Storage in Bedded Salt

4:40 pm CEST (10:40am EDT) Elsa Muller IFP Energies nouvelles

Simulation of an Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (AA-CAES) of 100 MW power plant

4:50 pm CEST (10:50am EDT)

Allan Lennox, Georgios Yfantis, Andrew Sloan, Evan Passaris

Atkins LimitedPractical considerations when selecting recompletion method (dry/wet) in underground cavern storage UK

5:00 pm CEST (11am EDT)

Benoit Brouard1, Vassily Zakharov1, A. Frangi2

(1) Brouard Consulting (2) Politecnico di Milano

Full Geomechanical Modeling and Data Management of a Gas

‐

Storage Facility using Locas 3D

5:10 pm CEST (11:10am EDT)

Myriam Darbouret, Anne Sinquin, Thomas Valin, Didier Frot, Oliver Deploux, Corinne Sagnard

IFP Energies nouvelles THE ATOLI sensor : An ON-line ANALYSER for hydrate risk assessment for underground gas storage

5:20 pm CEST (11:20am EDT) Guy Mason Acoustic Data

Implementation of the SonicGauge Wireless Monitoring System for long-term downhole pressure and temperature data acquisition in underground oil and gas storage wells and caverns

Q & A SESSION, TUESDAY 22 September 2020

QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION SCHEDULE

Q & A SESSION, WEDNESDAY 23 September 2020

All Q&A Sessions are LIVE

Technical Paper Sessions

Page 3 QandA Schedule 2020 Fall

Time Author(s) Organization(s) Title

4:00 pm CEST (10am EDT)

Eslam Soliman2, Dickson Lee1, Mahmoud Reda Taha3

(1) Big Guns Energy Services Inc. (2) Assiut University(3) University of New Mexico

Volumes-Based and Mass-Based Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Technology for Accurate Estimation of Nitrogen Leakage in Mechanical Integrity Tests

4:10 pm CEST (10:10am EDT)

Mahya Hatambeigi1, Ishtiaque Anwar1, Kirsten Chojnicki2, Mahmoud Reda Taha1, John C. Stormont

(1) University of New Mexico(2) Sandia National Laboratories Effect of fluid pressure on the leakage through

wellbore cement fractures

4:20 pm CEST (10:20am EDT)

Ishtiaque Anwar1, Mahya Hatambeigi1, Kirsten Chojnicki2, Mahmoud Reda Taha1, John C. Stormont1.

(1) University of New Mexico, (2) Sandia National Laboratories Relationship between relative permeabilities for two-

phase flow through wellbore cement fractures

4:30 pm CEST (10:30am EDT)

Evan Passaris1, Richard Noden2, Georgios Yfantis1

(1) Atkins Limited, (2) SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited

Investigations of the geomechanical response of a propane storage cavern regarding its anticipated time-dependent growth

4:40 pm CEST (10:40am EDT) Gyorgy Szasz Stress Engineering Services, Inc. Detection of flow-induced vibration from wellhead

measurements

4:50 pm CEST (10:50am EDT)

Hugo Bosq1, Els Wijermars2, Ziggy Lubkowski3

(1) Magnitude, (2) Nouryon, (3) Arup

Using continuous microseismic surveillance for the management of cavern fields

5:00 pm CEST (11am EDT)

Paule Labaune2,

Pierre Berest1,

Yvan Charnavel2(1) Ecole Polytechnique, (2) Storengy Delayed brine outflow during changes in water input

flow

5:10 pm CEST (11:10am EDT)

David Hart1, John Torczynski1, Martin Nemer1, Gavin Fleming2, Dean Checkai2

(1) Sandia National Laboratories, (2) Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations

Pipe Perforation and String Cuts for Leaching Mitigation

5:20 pm CEST (11:20am EDT)

Jean-Paul Crabeil, Isabelle Tezenas, Aurelien Blenet, Thibaut Crabeil Flodim Changing Leaching Phase With No or Little Work-

Over Rig Assistance

5:30 pm CEST (11:30am EDT)

Jinlong Li, Xilin Shi, Chunhe Yang, Yunmin Chen

Zhejing University Modeling the solution mining of salt cavern in bedded salt

5:40 pm CEST (11:40am EDT)

Paolo Farina1, Veronica Taurino1, Jose C. Pereira2

(1) Geoapp srl, (2) Sabine Storage & Operations Inc.

Prediction of sinkholes induced by solution mining through the inverse velocity method

5:50 pm CEST (11:50am EDT)

Cyriane Fournier1, Emmanuel Fontaine1, Hervé Gueuné2, Nizar Aouina1

Vanessa Leblanc2

(1) Geostock (2) Corrodys

Determination of Antibacterial Efficacy of Common Chemical Products Against Thiosulfate Reducing Bacteria in Saturated Salt Cavern Brine

Q & A SESSION, THURSDAY 24 September 2020Technical Paper Sessions

QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION SCHEDULEAll Q&A Sessions are LIVE

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Gold Sponsors

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Bronze Sponsors

Cavern Solutions – John Kyle

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