Jones,
Do a search on "Project Rulison": Underground stimulation in a tight sand
formation.
Ron
--On Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:30 AM -0700 Jones Beene
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- R C Macaulay wrote:
At the end of the day the solution to the supply of
energy will be based on cost.
Well... cost AND politics... and cost (greed) works
both ways; therefore it is possible that you would see
Exxon funding the Sierra Club to keep this kind of
thing from happening here.
BTW - courtesy of Fred, here is the site for the only
(reported) US trial of this technique:
http://www.atomictourist.com/gasbug.htm
The project "GASBUGGY" shot was part of the overall
Operation PLOWSHARE (Atoms for Peace) program. It is
not clear if Phillips was paid a royalty for the IP or
not. This occured on December 10, 1967 and was a 29
kiloton nuclear explosive detonated at a depth of 4222
feet.
There are now available the so-called suitcase weapons
of a few kt or less, which would be better suited for
minimal irradiation of the well.
This would be the ideal use for the so-called "PFB" or
pure fusion bomb, if such a weapon is more than myth
(not clear but unlikely) ...
... which mythological weapon reputedly has NO fission
trigger! only high explosives for igniting the fusion
reaction -- and consequently leaves an almost
undetectable footprint in the oil itself.
Jones
