Environmental impact assessment: chemical explosive fracturing project, Petroleum Technology Corporation, Leslie, Letcher and Perry counties, Kentucky
This review of the plans for a gas stimulation program by chemical explosive fracturing (CEF) in the 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 the Energy Research and Development Administration, 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 Corporation of Redmond, Washington, Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Transmission Corporation of Prestonsburg, Kentucky and the State of Kentucky Bureau of Mines and Minerals during site visits in October, 1976.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 7257987
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-17475
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Plowshare-- (-1989)
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
COMMINUTION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
EXPLOSIVE STIMULATION
EXPLOSIVES
FRACTURING
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
ROCKS
SHALES
WELL STIMULATION
WELLS