Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Salado hydrology program data report No. 2

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6548097

Stensrud, W A; Dale, T F; Domski, P S; Palmer, J B; Roberts, R M; Fort, M D; Saulnier, Jr, G J ^[1]; Jensen, A L ^[2]

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1. INTERA, Inc., Austin, TX (United States)
2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

WIPP Salado Hydrology Program Data Report [number sign]2 presents hydrologic data collected during permeability testing of the Salado Formation performed from August 1989 through July 1992. The report presents the results of the drilling and testing of six boreholes drilled from the WIPP underground facility 655 m below ground surface in the Salado Formation. Permeability tests were conducted using multipacker test tools with inflatable packers to isolate borehole intervals to allow formation pore-pressure buildup and subsequent pressure-pulse and constant-pressure-withdrawal tests. The tests performed in boreholes L4P51, L4P52, SCP01, S1P71, S1P72, an S1P73 involved Marker Beds 138 and 139, anhydrites a,'' b,'' and c,'' clays B, D, E, G, H, J, and K, and several halitic strata. Test data include pressure and temperature from the brine-filled, packer- isolated test intervals, fluid and gas production during constant- pressure-withdrawal tests, and borehole-closure and axial test tool- movement measurements. The boreholes were drilled and/or cored to nominal 10.2-cm diameters using compressed air to remove drill cuttings. Compliance tests were conducted in lengths of steel and stainless-steel casing to evaluate the mechanical performance of the multipacker test tools. Compliance tests included leak tests and pulse-injection and pulse-withdrawal sequences. Following permeability testing, fluid pressures were monitored in packer- isolated sections of test boreholes C2H01, C2H02, SCP01, SlP71, SlP72, DPD01, DPD02, and DPD03.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6548097
• Report Number(s): SAND-92-7072; ON: DE93012398
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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