Using a self-resonated cavitation jet can increase the salt dissolution rate and improve the efficiency of natural gas storage cavern construction, particularly in bedded (vs. domed) salt deposits.

Underground salt caverns are commonly used for the storage of liquids including liquefied hydrocarbons. These caverns are created by solution mining of salt from inside underground salt formations and ...

Nearly six years after the catastrophic failure of a salt mine caused the Bayou Corne sinkhole, a company is planning two new massive mines in the same underground deposit in Assumption Parish. The ...

Austin, Texas-based NeuVentus, LLC said its subsidiary has received permits to create and operate 12 salt caverns for storage of a variety of gases and liquids, including natural gas, hydrogen and ...

SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - Many in Southwest Louisiana are familiar with salt domes and their uses. A salt dome is a geological formation underground that is often hollowed out through a process known as ...

CALGARY, AB, March 10, 2025 /CNW/ - SubTerra Engineering Corporation, a recognized leader in subsurface engineering & development in Canada, today announced the acquisition of Cavern Solutions Inc., a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Studies of the area where a sinkhole formed last summer in Assumption Parish indicate scientists suspected as early as 1991 that the Napoleonville Dome was not shaped as state ...

Mitsubishi Power has delivered two M501JAC gas turbines to Intermountain Power Project (IPP) Renewed in Delta, Utah, a power plant that will source hydrogen when it begins operation in 2025 from the ...

NAPOLEONVILLE — In a blistering new ruling, a state district judge criticized three companies for putting "economic interests over environmental and safety concerns" in operations that led to the ...

CALCASIEU PARISH, La. (KPLC) - The State of Louisiana has declared an emergency “in response to concerns about the future stability of a salt cavern on the western side of the Sulphur Mines Salt Dome ...