Preliminary regional study of the present and possible future oil and gas development in the areas of thick rock salt and shale deposits of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and western New York as of December 1975

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:6891266

The objective of this study was to make a preliminary investigation of those areas of the Michigan basin and the Ohio-Pennsylvania-western New York portion of the Appalachian basin which are underlain by thick beds of rock salt and certain shale deposits for the over-all purpose of locating general areas where present and/or possible future oil and gas development would not interfere with the possible storage of radioactive waste material in the thick beds of salt or shale deposits underlying these areas. Some of the more pertinent factors included in our investigation were: (1) the location of the present oil and gas fields in the areas of interest; (2) the general geology, including structure, stratigraphy, and general thickness of the sediments above and below the thick salt beds and shale deposits; (3) the trends indicated by past and present oil and gas development as well as the indicated trends of possible future oil and gas development throughout the areas of interest; (4) the density and depth of holes drilled, either successful or unsuccessful, in the search for oil and gas and the effect which these holes might have on the use of the thick beds of salt and shale deposits as possible storage sites for radioactive waste material; and (5) the general areas where the past, present and/or possible future oil and gas development would not interfere with the possible storage of radioactive waste in such salt beds and shale deposits underlying the major portion of the Michigan basin and that portion of the Appalachian basin found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and western New York.

• Research Organization: Netherland, Sewell and Associates, Inc., Dallas, TX (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6891266
• Report Number(s): ORNL/SUB-75/87989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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