Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation, Leslie, Letcher and Perry counties, Kentucky

Technical Report · Thu May 19 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:6398714

Tonnessen, K A

This review of the plans for a gas stimulation program by chemical explosive fracturing (CEF) in Devonian shales of Letcher, Leslie, and Perry counties, Kentucky, also includes an assessment of the environmental consequences of the proposed project. This document was prepared at the request of the Nevada Operations Office of ERDA, and is intended to provide the information and data required for the preparation of an environmental assessment of the construction and testing program. This report was compiled from material provided by the Petroleum Technology Corp. of Redmond, Wash., Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Transmission Corp. of Prestonburg, Kent., and the State of Kentucky Bureau of Mines and Minerals during site visits in Oct. 1976.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Radiation Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6398714
• Report Number(s): UCID-17475
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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