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Analysis of Subsidence Data from West Hackberry, LA

Bauer, Stephen J.; Woodrum, Stacy L.

Since 1983, ground surface elevation data from the US DOE West Hackberry Strategic Petroleum crude oil storage facility has been routinely collected. The data have been assimilated, analyzed, and presented in terms of absolute elevations, subsidence rate, and estimates of volumetric changes of the storage facility. The information presented impacts operations and maintenance of the facility, and provides important constraints on the interpretation of ongoing structural analyses of the facility.