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Title: What Project Rulison can mean to US domestic energy supply

Abstract

Cleaned out and recompleted after mechanical difficulties were encountered, the Project Rulison reentry well in NW. Colorado's Mesaverde reservoir is undergoing further flow-rate testing. This test was jointly sponsored by Austral Oil Co., Inc., the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. Department of Interior. The project is the first step toward a commercial nuclear venture. The main thing that Austral Oil Co. has learned from Project Rulison is that nuclear stimulation procedure for gas sands is technically and economically feasible. If nuclear stimulation will make large supplies of natural gas available, nuclear stimulation will be of great benefit to the public, as well as to the gas and oil industry. In tight oil and gas reservoirs, the shattering of large quantities of rock which will cause oil or gas to become available in economical quantities, certainly offers an application that should be explored. Nuclear energy has many potential applications in development of mineral resources as well as in industrial waste management or disposal, water conservation, and excavation.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Austral Oil Co Inc
OSTI Identifier:
5941991
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
World Oil; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 171:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; COLORADO; NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; EXPLOSIVE STIMULATION; RESERVOIR ROCK; EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING; FIELD TESTS; FLOW RATE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; COMMINUTION; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FRACTURING; INDUSTRY; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION; STIMULATION; TESTING; USA; WELL STIMULATION; WELLS; 030900* - Natural Gas- Artificial Stimulation, Plowshare- (-1989); 450202 - Explosions & Explosives- Nuclear- Weaponry- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Leisk, C W. What Project Rulison can mean to US domestic energy supply. United States: N. p., 1970. Web.
Leisk, C W. What Project Rulison can mean to US domestic energy supply. United States.
Leisk, C W. 1970. "What Project Rulison can mean to US domestic energy supply". United States.
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title = {What Project Rulison can mean to US domestic energy supply},
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abstractNote = {Cleaned out and recompleted after mechanical difficulties were encountered, the Project Rulison reentry well in NW. Colorado's Mesaverde reservoir is undergoing further flow-rate testing. This test was jointly sponsored by Austral Oil Co., Inc., the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and U.S. Department of Interior. The project is the first step toward a commercial nuclear venture. The main thing that Austral Oil Co. has learned from Project Rulison is that nuclear stimulation procedure for gas sands is technically and economically feasible. If nuclear stimulation will make large supplies of natural gas available, nuclear stimulation will be of great benefit to the public, as well as to the gas and oil industry. In tight oil and gas reservoirs, the shattering of large quantities of rock which will cause oil or gas to become available in economical quantities, certainly offers an application that should be explored. Nuclear energy has many potential applications in development of mineral resources as well as in industrial waste management or disposal, water conservation, and excavation.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5941991}, journal = {World Oil; (United States)},
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volume = 171:6,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1970},
month = {Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1970}
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