Geomechanical properties of a backfill material suitable for stabilising salt caverns in Twente

Potentially unstable salt caverns of AkzoNobel need to be stabilised with a suitable backfill material in order to prevent surface subsidence. These caverns are currently filled with Carbonate and Gypsum slurry, a residual product of the brine purification process, but a new backfill material is being developed for stabilisation purposes. At the...