US3632171A - Method of controlling growth of brine wells - Google Patents

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US3632171A
US3632171A US8652A US3632171DA US3632171A US 3632171 A US3632171 A US 3632171A US 8652 A US8652 A US 8652A US 3632171D A US3632171D A US 3632171DA US 3632171 A US3632171 A US 3632171A
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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  • FIG. 2 represents a verticalsection of the well of FIG. 1 after solution mining has been developed to a height of about 50-75 feet.
  • water 16 is introduced through the inlet 10 under pressure of about 200 pounds per square inch down the water feedpipe 5 into the developing cavity 11, dissolving salt as it flows through the cavity and the resulting brine 12 is forced up the brine return pipe 7, exiting from the well through brine outlet pipe 13 to a storage tank (not shown).

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US3716272A (en) * 1971-05-24 1973-02-13 Continental Oil Co Method of creating large diameter cylindrical cavities by solution mining
US4249833A (en) * 1979-07-24 1981-02-10 Talley Billy D Method of depressurizing a leached salt cavern
US5431482A (en) * 1993-10-13 1995-07-11 Sandia Corporation Horizontal natural gas storage caverns and methods for producing same
CN100337011C (zh) * 2003-08-29 2007-09-12 化工部长沙设计研究院 一种钻井水溶油垫法开采芒硝矿的方法
CN101368477B (zh) * 2008-10-06 2011-08-17 中国科学院武汉岩土力学研究所 一种油水界面检验和控制方法
CN105735962A (zh) * 2016-01-30 2016-07-06 山东省鲁南地质工程勘察院 古生代碳酸盐热储层化学压裂洗井工艺
US9895728B2 (en) 2015-06-15 2018-02-20 Athabasca Oil Corporation Salt cavern washing with desalination and recycling of water

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US2787455A (en) * 1955-03-29 1957-04-02 Gulf Oil Corp Method for developing cavities in salt or other soluble rock
US3096969A (en) * 1961-05-26 1963-07-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Recovery of potassium chloride
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US1923896A (en) * 1931-11-10 1933-08-22 Edward N Trump Mining soluble salt
US2787455A (en) * 1955-03-29 1957-04-02 Gulf Oil Corp Method for developing cavities in salt or other soluble rock
US3096969A (en) * 1961-05-26 1963-07-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Recovery of potassium chloride
US3366419A (en) * 1964-11-12 1968-01-30 Exxon Research Engineering Co Process for solution mining kci deposits

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3716272A (en) * 1971-05-24 1973-02-13 Continental Oil Co Method of creating large diameter cylindrical cavities by solution mining
US4249833A (en) * 1979-07-24 1981-02-10 Talley Billy D Method of depressurizing a leached salt cavern
US5431482A (en) * 1993-10-13 1995-07-11 Sandia Corporation Horizontal natural gas storage caverns and methods for producing same
CN100337011C (zh) * 2003-08-29 2007-09-12 化工部长沙设计研究院 一种钻井水溶油垫法开采芒硝矿的方法
CN101368477B (zh) * 2008-10-06 2011-08-17 中国科学院武汉岩土力学研究所 一种油水界面检验和控制方法
US9895728B2 (en) 2015-06-15 2018-02-20 Athabasca Oil Corporation Salt cavern washing with desalination and recycling of water
CN105735962A (zh) * 2016-01-30 2016-07-06 山东省鲁南地质工程勘察院 古生代碳酸盐热储层化学压裂洗井工艺

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