DRILLING OF PRESSURE INJECTION DISPOSAL WELL, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL, DENVER, COLORADO. VOLUME 1.

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Abstract:

The Rocky Mountain Arsenal Pressure Injection Disposal Well was drilled for the United States Army Chemical Corps by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The well was drilled to provide access to underground strata which could be used as waste disposal reservoirs. Drilling operations on the well, which is located on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal grounds, commenced on March 10, 1961. Loffland Brothers Company was contracted to drill the well. The well was drilled to a total depth of 12,045 feet terminating in crystalline rocks of pre-Cambrian Age. The drilling rig was released on September 28, 1961, and the construction phase of the drilling well operation was considered completed on November 30, 1961, when the well head equipment was installed and the well turned over to the Chemical Corps. This report covers the operation to this stage. In the design and drilling of the well and in the identification, evaluation, protection, and testing of potential injection reservoirs, broad adaptations of tools, techniques and practices developed in the oil industry were required.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
POLUMBUS (E A) JR AND ASSOCIATES INC DENVER CO
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
See also Volume 3, AD667360.
Pagination:
0216

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DA-25-066-ENG-6033
Monitor Series:
USAED/NE
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_4.5.1_Contract Support Integration; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*DRILLING, *UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES, INJECTION, MACHINE TOOLS, PIPES, STRATIGRAPHY, PENETRATION, CONSTRUCTION, PRESSURE, OPERATION, DISPOSAL, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, COLORADO, WELL LOGGING, DRILLING MACHINES, SEDIMENTARY ROCK, CUTTING FLUIDS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, Machinery and Tools, Structural Engineering and Building Technology
Keyword(s):
*DISPOSAL WELLS, GRAPHS(CHARTS), INJECTION RESERVOIRS, WASTES(INDUSTRIAL), DESIGN
Report Date:
1961 Nov 30