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Nuclear test may be madenear here( Editor's iK.tf The follow’ ing article is owe that has ap-pea red in \aiious forms j u newspapers throughout the area. It is of particular interest and significance to Jicarilla Apaches because of its location. The proposed test site is just southwest of Dulce near the old Vaqueros Ranglt; r Station)Underground nuclear explosions in low permeability natural gas fields, principally in the Rocky Mountain at a. may increase their total gas production about sevt n times the amounts now attainable, accord ing to a feasibility study sub mittcd to Ml Paso Natural Gas Company, the I S. Atomic Energy Commission and the I S. Bureau of Mines.The study was conducted by staff personnel of the company , the AEC's San Francisco Opera tions Office and the Bureau of Mines. The AEC's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Liver more, California, pi t sided technical assistance.The study team investigated the use of nuclear explosives to fracture tight gas bearing formations to improve recovery and production rates from natural gas fields The study concluded that this is feasible and reccom mends that an experimental nuclear detonation, designed to be contained under ground, be conducted by the A EC.If authorized, the experiment would represent the first gov-ernment-industry u e of a nue lear explosive f r industrial purposes anywhere' in the world.The study covers the prelim(Continued on page three)PROPOSED GASBUGGY TEST SITEDURANGO•UTAHCOLORADOARIZONA1NEW MEXICO 1 •PAGOSA SPRING*c ©TEST SITEmo wur* rot. nt ,SAN JUAN BASINCAUttPGRANTSA REMOTE LOCATION in Ria Arriba County of northwest New Mexico is being considered is the site for an experiment in the use of a nuclear explosive to increase production from a natural gas field. The suggested test site lies within the San Juan Basin, a major gas reservoir. The experiment is recommended in a Project Gasbuggy report made public today by a study group com prised of representatives of El Paso Natural Gas Company, the San Francisco Operations Office of the I . s. Atomic Energy Coin mission, and the I'. S. Bureau of Mines.
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Dulce Jicarilla Chieftain
Dulce, New Mexico, US
Mon, Jul 05, 1965
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