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( 1945 of 1945 ) |
United States Patent | 3,566,966 |
Glass | March 2, 1971 |
Gases in the chimney of broken reservoir rock formed by the detonation of a nuclear device are withdrawn as quickly as possible following the detonation. The gases are pumped to another geologic horizon for disposal until the level of long half-life, gaseous contamination drops below the tolerable limits for such contamination. By withdrawing the contaminated gases from the chimney quickly, the pressure in the chimney at the time of withdrawal will be near that immediately after the nuclear explosion and will not have built up to values near the equilibrium pressure of the reservoir. The amount of reservoir gas contaminated with said radioactive contamination and the consequent disposal problem are thereby minimized. Decontaminating processes at the surface to reduce said long half-life, gaseous contamination may be avoided. When the level of said long half-life, gaseous radioactive contamination falls below the tolerable limits for such contamination, the gases thereafter withdrawn from said chimney may be recovered as product gas suitable for processing and use.
Inventors: | Glass; Eugene D. (Tulsa, OK) |
Assignee: |
Cities Service Oil Company
(Tulsa,
OK)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/762,988 |
Filed: | September 26, 1968 |
Current U.S. Class: | 376/274 ; 166/305.1; 166/347; 405/128.2; 405/129.85; 55/DIG.9 |
Current International Class: | E21B 43/16 (20060101); E21B 43/24 (20060101); E21b 043/26 () |
Field of Search: | 166/247,35D 61/.5 |
3292693 | December 1966 | Hill |
Project Gasbuggy-- Has it Been Misjudged? In World Oil, 165(6), Nov. 1967, pp.13--16. (Copy in 166-247) Ward, D. C., et al. . Project Gasbuggy-- A Nuclear Fracturing Experiment. In J. Petroleum Technology, 18(2), Feb. 1966, pp. 139--145. (Copy in 166-247). |
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