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New tests are planned for Gasbuggy sitePlans for new tests to determine results of the first u e of a nuclear explosion for peaceful purposes—a test made in NORA land—were announced recentlyThe 30-day production tests wif he made at the Project Gasbuggx natural gas we'! near Dulce. Results of this series to begin Nov.1 will be used in developing plans for a later test of six months duration.An underground nuclear explosion was detonated in the Gas-buggy’ test last Dec. 10. A 15-dav production test in June resulted m a flow of more than 57 million cubic feet of gas.Plans for the new tests on the project were announced by the Ml Paso Natural Gas Co.. the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Mines at the opening session of the fall meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers at Houston, Tex.One goal of the projects is to Irxist production from such reservoirs seven fold. Representatives of El Paso Natural and the Bureau of Mines indicated optinvsnThe Jicarilla Chieftain Page CJMonday, October 21, 198Siateiy but said the early Gasbug-g tests are far from definite.The three 30-day tests will measure the rate of flow of gas into the e .plosmn' underground chimney a.ea f ern t,.tr sin rounding formation.
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Dulce Jicarilla Chieftain
Dulce, New Mexico, US
Mon, Oct 21, 1968
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