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Storage of petroleum products in man-made caverns in Sweden

Stockage de produits petroliers dans des cavites artificielles en Suede

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Abstract

For all kinds of surface constructions a specification for the building material to be used is required. However, when building underground, the material is the rock itself and one has to make do with what nature provides in the way of rock, soil and ground water. Therefore, the geologist and hydrogeologist carry the primary responsibility with their judgements and viewpoints.

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Pour tous les types de constructions à ciel ouvert il existe des spécifications quant aux matériaux et aux méthodes à utiliser. Lorsqu'on construit sous terre, le matériau c'est le terrain lui-même et l'on doit s'accomoder de ce que la nature a fourni, tant en ce qui concerne les sols ou les roches que l'eau souterraine. C'est la raison pour laquelle le géologue et l'hydrogéologue ont dans ce domaine une responsabilité essentielle.

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  1. Hagconsult, Box 1214, 181 23, Lindingo-Stockholm, Sweden

    Morfeldt C. -O. Dr Techn

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This Publication is dedicated to my teacher, friend and comrade, the geologist Ph.D. Tor Henrik Hagerman (born 1899), the father of Rock Mechanics and Oil Storage Techniques in Sweden, founder of the engineering geological consultant company Hagconsult.

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Morfeldt, C.O. Storage of petroleum products in man-made caverns in Sweden. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology 28, 17–30 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02594793

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