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Rio Blanco Massive Hydraulic Fracture: Project Definition

Description: The Piceance Basin in Colorado contains an estimated 600 trillion cu ft of natural gas in place. Both the Rulison and Rio Blanco events have been detonated to determine the feasibility of nuclear fracturing to stimulate natural gas production in this basin. A demonstration program to test the relative effectiveness of massive hydraulic fracturing (MHF) to achieve natural gas production stimulation from the same gas reservoir is presented. Details are included on MHF design parameters, including… more
Date: 1973~
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Rio Blanco Hydrologic Testing Through January 30, 1973

Description: "CER Geonuclear has developed, in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Commission, a set of detailed plans utilizing nuclear explosives for an underground engineering experiment called project Rio Blanco. The overall objective is to prove the commercial feasibility of using nuclear explosives to recover commercial quantities of tightly held natural gas in the Piceance Basin."
Date: January 30, 1973
Creator: Knutson, Carroll Field
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Evaluation of Possible Radioactivity Transport in Groundwater

Description: "The possibility of radioactivity transport in the groundwater system as the result of a hypothetical maximum credible gas leak was evaluated." "The present study confirms the low radiation levels in the groundwater predicted in the initial calculations." (from Summary)
Date: May 11, 1973
Creator: Knutson, Carroll Field
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