Mr. Busch has over 20 years in salt mining and underground storage engineering and operations. He specializes in underground storage in salt caverns and salt cavern leaching with a focus on multi-discipline team leadership, drilling and completions, operational integration, and integrity testing.

Dr. Hardy has over 39 years experience in rock mechanics and mine design project management. Project manager for mine design in coal, potash, trona, nahcolite, borate, gold, and oil shale.