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• best gravity meters available for this kind of service but do not appear to be adequate for our process. Instead, hand gravities taken by the operators have proven to be the more accurate and dependable. In addition to the metering taking place at each of the well heads, an air-water interface is maintained between the 7" liner and 9 5/8" casing during production, and the annulus between the 13 3/8" and 9 5/8" is kept full of drilling mud. The record of mud taken to fill the annulus is shown in Table 4-2. Note the decrease in the volume of mud needed to bring the annular level to surface. Injection into 90-5 commenced on 2/20/91. On 4/1191, the suspended casing liner in 90-5 was rotated to reposition the distributor. The following week (4/8/91) the distributor was surveyed and repositioned after laying down 2 joints 180 feet) • of 7" casing. These steps were taken in hopes of reducing the quantity of halite dissolving into the liquor stream. In addition to the increasing halite problem, the liquor stream was not approaching saturation as needed. To increase the rate of saturation, the. distributor was pulled back an additional 10 joints (432.49'1: repositioning the end of the distributor at 2574' ground level (GL). Total drilled depth for this well is 3259' from kelly bushing; or 30' to 50' past the vertical recovery well. With a distance of over 600' from the distributor to the vertical recovery well, the greater surface area should have increased the saturation rate. But, with only an 8 3/4" hole creating the additional surface area, no significant increase in saturation rate was observed. As of the plant shutdown in August, the recovery liquor had yet to reach saturation. Saturation will be more dependent on surface area created by tonnage extracted rather than the small area created when the distributor is pulled back. This, however, will require more time to develop a 25