PEER Reports

PEER Reports

New PEER Report 2025/17: "Shake Table Testing of a Representative Surface Natural Gas Piping Subsystem"

May 13, 2026

PEER has published Report No. 2025/17, Shake Table Testing of a Representative Surface Natural Gas Piping Subsystem. The report was authored by Sherif A. Elfass, David B. McCallen, Suiwen Wu of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno.

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New PEER Report 2025/16: "Experimental Study on the Cyclic Behavior of Welded Steel Tee Joints and Elbows"

May 12, 2026

PEER has published Report No. 2025/16, Experimental Study on the Cyclic Behavior of Welded Steel Tee Joints and Elbows. The report was authored by Elide Pantoli and Tara Hutchinson, of the Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

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Experimental Study on the Cyclic Behavior of Welded Steel Tee Joints and Elbows, PEER Report 2025-16

Elide Pantoli
Tara Hutchinson
2025

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project conducted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The overall project is titled “Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems” henceforth referred
to as the “OpenSRA Project.” The overall goal of the OpenSRA project is to create an open-source research-based seismic risk assessment...

Shake Table Testing of a Representative Surface Natural Gas Piping Subsystem, PEER Report 2025-17

Sherif Elfass
David McCallen
Suiwen Wu
2025

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project conducted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The overall project is titled “Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems” henceforth referred
to as the “OpenSRA Project.”

The overall goal of the OpenSRA project is to create an open-source, research-based seismic risk...

Numerical Modeling and Seismic Fragility Curve Development: Components and Subsystems of the Natural Gas Surface Infrastructure, PEER Report 2025-15

Elide Pantoli
Tara Hutchinson
2025

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project conducted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The overall project is titled “Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems” henceforth referred to as the “OpenSRA Project.”

The overall goal of the OpenSRA Project is to create an open-source research-based seismic risk...

New PEER Report 2025/14: "Fragility Curves for Gas Leakage Through Caprock of the Underground Gas Storage Reservoir in California"

April 28, 2026

PEER has published Report No. 2025/14, Fragility Curves for Gas Leakage Through Caprock of the Underground Gas Storage Reservoir in California. The report was authored by Yingqi Zhang, Jonny Rutqvist, Preston Jordan, and William Foxall, of the Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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New PEER Report 2025/15: "Numerical Modeling and Seismic Fragility Curve Development: Components and Subsystems of the Natural Gas Surface Infrastructure"

April 29, 2026

PEER has published Report No. 2025/15, Numerical Modeling and Seismic Fragility Curve Development: Components and Subsystems of the Natural Gas Surface Infrastructure. The report was authored by Elide Pantoli and Tara Hutchinson, of the Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

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Fragility Curves for Gas Leakage Through Caprock of the Underground Gas Storage Reservoir in California, PEER Report 2025-14

Yingqi Zhang
Jonny Rutqvist
Preston Jordan
William Foxall
2025

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project conducted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The overall project is titled “Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems” henceforth referred to as the “OpenSRA Project.”

The overall goal of the OpenSRA project is to create an open-source research-based seismic risk...

Fragility of Wells due to Dynamic Shaking—The Impact of Ground Shaking on the Integrity of Natural Gas Storage Wells in California, PEER Report 2025-13

Keurfon Luu
Preston Jordan
Floriana Petrone
William Foxall
Jonny Rutqvist
2025

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project conducted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The overall project is titled “Performance-based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems” henceforth referred to as the “OpenSRA Project.”

The overall goal of the OpenSRA Project is to create an open-source research-based seismic risk...

New PEER Report 2025/13: "Fragility of Wells due to Dynamic Shaking—The Impact of Ground Shaking on the Integrity of Natural Gas Storage Wells in California"

April 14, 2026

PEER has published Report No. 2025/13, Fragility of Wells due to Dynamic Shaking—The Impact of Ground Shaking on the Integrity of Natural Gas Storage Wells in California. The report was authored by Keurfon Luu, Preston Jordan, William Foxall, and Jonny Rutqvist of the Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Floriana Petrone, University of Nevada, Reno.

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