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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (24921)	10/5/2000 5:06:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

The only insight I have to SPR is that my husband was an environmental engineer for SPR for a few years. I will ask him but doubt that's something he would know - but you know that the oil has been drawn down before - was salt an issue then? Also, a lot of oil is drilled from salt domes, the sea water leaches out the salt and leaves these natural domes underground that the oil seeps into, I think that's why they thought using the salt domes was a good idea. My husband is a chemical engineer, I will ask him whether salt will dissolve into unrefined petroleum, and get back to you. My guess is that the salt is impervious to oil, but maybe some brine gets mixed with the oil?

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (24921)	10/5/2000 5:22:27 PM
From: Ken98	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (24921)	10/5/2000 7:14:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

OK, husband says that salt does not dissolve in oil, and that oil was stored in salt domes prior to the SPR, this practice has been around since at least the 1920's or 1930's, he thinks it may date back to the turn of the century. He also says that salt domes are "oil's natural environment" because that's where oil is found. But it is possible that some brine could be mixed in with the oil. Remember, he's a chemical engineer, not a petroleum engineer, so I am not guaranteeing he's right.