Wellhead seals are a key component of reservoir and salt-cavern storage wells that function to seal the well from the external environment and separate stored fluids contained within the well. Loss of integrity of these seals or seal failures are a…
The goal of this white paper is to present a thorough and critical review of approaches for preventing catastrophic events, both within and outside the natural gas industry, in order to be able to select the most appropriate approaches and models,…
Summarizes the results of a literature survey on the use of seismological techniques for the detection of gaseous hydrocarbons. The study was undertaken in order to determine possible applications of high-resolution reflection seismology to the…
A literature review to assess what regulatory bodies and industries have done to define risk tolerances criteria. This was supplemented with data gathered from a survey of pipeline industry members about their risk management decision-making…
A risk assessment methodology was developed for atmospheric, accidental natural gas and highly volatile liquid releases from near-well equipment, for underground storage in caverns and formations (gas only). The assessment was based on certain…
Identifies concepts for mitigating the hazards that can result from a ruptured pipeline. SRI was asked specifically to evaluate blast hazards and identify ideas, materials, methods, and technologies that show promise for mitigating blast effects in…