SMRI Members - Who are we?SMRI member organizations are involved in all aspects of solution mining or the use of salt caverns for gas or hydrocarbon storage, from production of brine to environmental and safety regulations. Employees of member organizations receive full member benefits, so those individuals are also referred to as ‘members’ even though the membership is corporate. The members have full use of our library, reduced conference registration fees, and have access to SMRI software at no cost.
Types of organizations who are members of SMRI:
Individuals work in these positions, as examples of some members' individuals: university professors and researchers, mining engineers and geologists, drilling experts, managers of gas storage and distribution networks, cavern designers and structural modeling specialists, salt, potash, and trona producers, government regulators, cavern surveyors, chemical engineers, consulting engineers, government managers of resources or facilities, geophysicists mapping mineral deposits, and we give university students opportunities to participate in our conferences. SMRI welcomes to our newest members who joined this year, 2020: Will YOUR Organization be SMRI's first new member of 2020? New member applications accepted during 2019: 20 Dec 2019, China University of Petroleum, Class C, Yan Yifei, Qingdao, Shandong, China 4 Dec 2019, CPRM - Geological Survey of Brazil, Class C, Leandro Kuhlmann, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22 Nov. 2019, Motiva Enterprises, Class A, Michael Brinkley, Houston, TX, USA 30 Sept. 2019, Utah Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (Utah Department of Natural Resources) Class R, Dayne Doucet, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 24 Sept 2019, CanPacific Potash Inc., Class C, Colleen Ford, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 9 Aug 2019, AltaGas Ltd., Class B, Loren Kelly, Calgary, AB, Canada 31 July 2019, Instytut Mechaniki Górotworu Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IMG PAN), Class C, Rafal Misa, Krakow, Poland 15 July 2019, Pinnacle Potash, Rejoined as Class C, Bill Bishop, Austin, TX, USA 10 July 2019, TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), Class B, Remco Groenenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands 28 June 2019 Braskem S.A, Class A, Alvaro Almeida, Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil 19 April 2019 VNII Galurgii JSC, Class A, (Uralkali) Dmitriy Shkuratskiy, Perm krai, Russia 22 March 2019 CCNG, Inc., Class A, Raymond Welch, Bee Cave, TX, USA 21 Mar 2019 Brinsa S.A., Class A, Tanny Brito, Cajicá, Cundinamarca, Colombia 19 Feb 2019 Petronim Projects, Class C, Neil Cameron, Calgary, AB, Canada 15 Feb 2019 Enstor Gas LLC, Class A, Paul Bieniawski, Houston, TX, USA 11 Feb 2019 Kore Potash Plc., Class B, Gavin Chamberlain, Johannesburg, South Africa 5 Feb 2019 US Dept. of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Class R, Byron Coy, W. Trenton, NJ, USA 28 Jan 2019 Schumacher Cavern Consulting, Class C, Michael Schumacher, Steamboat Springs, CO, USA 24 Jan 2019 Roke Technologies Ltd., Class C, Adam MacDonald, Calgary, AB, Canada 23 JAN 2019 PetroChina Jiangsu Gas Storage Company, Class A, BaoDong Shan, Jiangsu, China 23 JAN 2019 Salt Cavern Gas Storage Technology Research Institute, Class B, Donglin Zhou, Zhenjiang, China 2 JAN 2019 INERIS (French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks), Class B, Xavier Daupley, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France New member applications accepted during 2018: 17 DEC 2018 Enventure Global Technology, Class B, John Callais, Houston, TX, USA 11 Dec 2018 Gulf Interstate Engineering Company, Class B, William Hoff, Houston, TX, USA 16 October 2018 AquaSource Technologies Corp, Class C, Shyam Dighe, Mt. Pleasant, PA, USA 9 Oct 2018 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, (UFPE,) Laboratory of Computational Methods in Geomechanics, (LMCG), Class C, Leonardo Guimarães, Recife, Brazil 5 October 2018 Equistar Chemicals, LP - Equistar Pipeline, Class A, Matthew Cesarz, Houston, TX, USA 30 August 2018 Hartmann Valves and Wellheads, Class B, Norman Holenstein, Burgdorf - Ehlershausen, Germany 16 August 2018 Gnome Engineering Ltd., Class C, Dave Cooke, Alford, Aberdeenshire, UK 25 July 2018 Double B Well Services, Ltd., Class C, Ben Barnes, Petrolia, ON, Canada 11 July 2018 InfoMine USA, Class B, Jennifer Leinart, Spokane Valley, WA, USA (RESIGNED) 9 July 2018 British Salt Limited, Class A, Stephen Crabb, Middlewich, Cheshire, UK 24 June 2018 Bezirksregierung Arnsberg – Abteilung 6 Bergbau und Energie in NRW, Class R, Christian Biermann, Dortmund, Germany 1 May 2018 Barr Engineering Company, Class B, Brad Dunn, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (Resigned) 3 Apr 2018 Praxair Inc., Class A, Paul Munsterman, The Woodlands, TX, USA 21 Mar 2018 Atmos Pipeline - Texas, Class A, Jeff Hardgrave, Dallas, TX, USA 16 Jan 2018 Shell Canada Ltd., Class A, Maria-Costanza Cano, Calgary, AB, Canada New member applications accepted during 2017: 25 Oct 2017 Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., Class B, Chris Lynch, Columbia, MD, USA (RESIGNED) 5 Oct 2017 Salt Cavern Storage LLC, Class C, Michael Yee, Houston, TX, USA 3 Oct 2017 MODECOM- Technology in Geomechanics and Computing Modeling, Class C, Alvaro Costa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 Sept 2017 Lane Power & Energy Solutions, Inc., Class B, Tim Reichwein, Houston, TX, USA 15 Mar 2017 Sovereign International, Inc., Class B, William Goodman, Amityville, NY USA 1 Mar 2017 Remedy Energy Services Inc., Class C, Michael Anthony, Calgary, AB, Canada 1 Feb 2017 Cavern Solutions, Inc., Class C, John Kyle, Pearland, TX, USA 31 Jan 2017 Innovare Technologies LTD, Class C, Max Ramey, Carlyle, SK, Canada 6 Jan 2017 Keyera Corporation, Class A, Alex Reed, Calgary, Alberta, Canada New member applications accepted during 2016: 2 Dec 2016 AGH University of Science and Technology, Class C, Katarzyna Cyran, Krakow, Poland 1 Oct 2016 VSProwess Limited, Class C, Mary Humphries, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, UK New member applications accepted during 2014: 05 Dec 14 Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, Class R, Bram Nelissen, Regina, SK, Canada 24-Feb-14 Beckman Associates, Consultants Inc. Class C Kenneth Beckman, Tomball, TX USA 18-Feb-14 Fairway Energy Partners LLC , Class A Mark Erskine, Houston, TX USA (terminated Sept 2015) 18-Feb-14 Secure Energy Services, Class B Mark Welty, Calgary, AB, Canada (resigned Apr 2015) 17-Feb-14 Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP, Class A Ronald Strybos, Houston, TX USA 28-Jan-14 Eastman Chemical Company, Class A Gregg Story, Longview TX, USA 8-Jan-14 Chevron Phillips Chemical, Class A Bob Struebel, Brazoria, TX, USA 8-Jan-14 KWA Kenwalt Australia Pty Ltd, Class C Heather Smith, Nedlands, WA, Australia |