Rulison Site groundwater monitoring report, third quarter, 1997

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/564060· OSTI ID:564060

This report summarizes the results of the third quarter 1997 groundwater sampling event for the Rulison Site. The sampling was performed as part of a quarterly groundwater monitoring program implemented by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to monitor the effectiveness of remediation of a drilling effluent pond located at the site. The effluent pond was used for the storage of drilling mud during drilling of the emplacement hole for a 1969 gas stimulation test conducted by the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (the predecessor agency to the DOE), and Austral Oil Company (Austral). Project Rulison was conducted under the AEC`s Plowshare Program to evaluate the feasibility of using a nuclear device to stimulate natural gas production in low-permeability, gas-producing geologic formations. The experiment was conducted on September 10, 1969, and consisted of detonating a 40-kiloton nuclear device at a depth of 2,568 m (8,426 ft) below ground surface. Natural gas production testing was conducted in 1970 and 1971. The site was deactivated by the AEC and Austral in 1972 and abandoned in 1976.

• Research Organization: USDOE Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-97NV13052
• OSTI ID: 564060
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV-460-Rev.7; ON: DE98001956; TRN: AHC29804%%41
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
GROUND WATER
WATER QUALITY
PLOWSHARE PROJECT
SETTLING PONDS
DRILLING FLUIDS
GROUND DISPOSAL
COLORADO
NATURAL GAS WELLS
WELL STIMULATION
REMEDIAL ACTION
MONITORING
BENZENE
TOLUENE
DIESEL FUELS
BARIUM
CHROMIUM
ARSENIC
LEAD
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS