Solution Mining Research Institute Inc

“There are member organizations, but no stockholders. These organizations elect the 3 executive committee members.”

“During the organization's annual spring meeting, the membership at large elects members of the governing body.”

“Decisions on which research projects to pursue are subject to approval by the membership at large.”

“Dawn langlinais 20 sullivan ridge way townsend, mt 59644 heinz f. Wilke lindenbogen 5 oldenburg, gm d-26123 rene schneider baumschulenallee 16 hanover, gm d30625 dieter bruckner friederikenstrabe 60 leipzig, gm 04279 eric busch 1001 mckinney, suite 1650 houston, tx 77002 dr. Andreas reitze windmuhlenstr 41 giesen ot emmerke, gm 31180 dan noack 333 clay st, ste 1500 houston, tx 77002 scott rouze, deceased 5400 westheimer court houston, tx 77056”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the executive director”

“Governing documents are available to the members only on the organization's website”

“To sponser and engage in research related to solution mining, cavern utilization, and environmental effects thereof and to present papers of current interest to the industry relative to solution mining and cavern utilization.”

“Continuing programs of research are: correlation of physical characteristics of various salt with mechanical properties for design purposes; collection, storage and distribution of standard rock salt specimens; evaluating strain measurements at cavern stassfurt; thermal expansion coefficient of rock salt to address thermal induced stresses in cyclic storage caverns; creep behavior under small deviatoric stress. Four research projects completed in 2021 that are of importance to the industry were: optimization of critical flow velocity in partially confined hanging strings; optimization of cavern backfilling techniques; update of the past salt cavern incident database; and development of a suitable monitoring system to measure axial loads in casings.”