Potential for Underground Storage of Liquid Fuels in Bedded Rock Salt Formations in Poland

Leszek Lankof, Stanisław Nagy, Krzysztof Polański () and Kazimierz Urbańczyk
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Leszek Lankof: Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wybickiego 7A, 31-261 Krakow, Poland
Stanisław Nagy: Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Krzysztof Polański: Faculty of Drilling, Oil and Gas, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Kazimierz Urbańczyk: Ubroservice, ul. Lea 149A, 30-133 Krakow, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: The paper aims to give a universal methodology for assessing the storage capacity of a bedded rock salt formation in terms of the operational and strategic storage facilities for liquid fuels. The method assumes the development of a geological model of the analyzed rock salt formation and the determination of the salt caverns’ size and spacing and the impact of convergence on their capacity during operation. Based on this method, the paper presents calculations of the storage capacity using the example of the bedded rock salt formations in Poland and their results in the form of storage capacity maps. The maps show that the analyzed rock salt deposits’ storage capacity in northern Poland amounts to 7.1 B m 3 and in the Fore-Sudetic Monocline to 10.5 B m 3 , in the case of strategic storage facilities. The spatial analysis of the storage capacity rasters, including determining the raster volumes and their unique values, allowed us to quantify the variability of the storage capacity in the analyzed rock salt deposits.

Keywords: underground storage; rock salt; salt caverns; liquid fuels; strategic reserves; bedded salt formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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