Some effects of the Rio Blanco project nuclear detonation on the leached zone in the Parachute Creek memeber the the Green River formation

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1974 · Guidebook Rocky Mtn. Ass. Geol. Field Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6884276

Weichman, B E

Project Rio Blanco was intended to test the effectiveness of nuclear fracturing and the formation of a nuclear chimney in a thick sequence of low-permeability gas-bearing sandstone in the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. Three 30-kt nuclear explosives were simultaneously detonated in a well bore at depths of 5,840, 6,230, and 6,690 (Project Rio Blanco, 1973). In order to evaluate the effect of the Project Rio Blanco nuclear detonation and a subsequent nuclear program on a future oil-shale mining operation, a monitoring system was set up at various points in the N. part of the Piceance Creek Basin in T1N, R97W, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The results and preliminary interpretation are presented for evaluation. However, proper evaluation can be attempted only with an understanding of the oil-shale geology and hydrology.

• Research Organization: Superior Oil Co.
• OSTI ID: 6884276
• Report Number(s): CONF-7409180-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Guidebook Rocky Mtn. Ass. Geol. Field Conf.; (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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