Kerford Limestone—Weeping Water, Nebraska, USA
Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) was contracted to conduct an investigation of a mine roof fall, review repair procedures, develop instrumentation recommendations, suggest modifications to blasting [...]
Parsons Brinckerhoff Energy Storage Surfaces (PBESS)
Mining Engineering Support for Underground Mined Storage Caverns Since 2003, Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) has provided mining engineering support to PBESS for their underground mined [...]
Forensic Blasting Investigation
Confidential Investigation By reconstructing the pre-blast geometry based on construction photos and the blaster’s reports along with the post blast geology, the damage caused by a construction [...]
Marathon’s Catlettsburg Butane Storage Caverns, West Virginia, USA
PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. AAI has participated in nearly all phases of the design and construction of an underground butane storage cavern located near Huntington, West Virginia. The [...]
Impact of Excavation Technique on Strength of Oil Shale Pillars
International Journal of Mining Engineering, 2:93–105, 1984 Authors: J. F. T. Agapito, H. N. Maleki, and J. R. Aggson (AAI), and L. A. Weakly (Exxon Company) The load-carrying capacity of oil [...]
Rock Mechanics for Two-Seam Mining at the Big Island Trona Mine
19th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, May 1978Authors: J. F. T. Agapito (AAI), and J. W. Bennett and J. P. Hunter (Stauffer Chemical Company of Wyoming) This [...]
Bromley Quarry and Asphalt, Inc., Atchison, Kansas, USA
Ground inspections for stability assessment of portal, repair shops, and other key mine areas. Core drilling of roof and floor to help define geology and establish horizons for best roof [...]
