Brine management system for salt cavern development and operations

摘要

A system and method of creating, operating and maintaining a hydrocarbon storage facility in a salt cavern within an underground salt deposit. The system is portable and can be transported to areas near different well heads. The portability also enables adjacent well heads to be worked in succession to create a large storage cavern by interlinking a series of smaller caverns. This formation processes ensures that a storage cavern can be isolated within the confines of a salt deposit. Using the same portable equipment, the system can be configured to form a salt cavern, displace stored material out of a salt cavern, and repair or maintain a salt cavern well.