Multiphase fluid flow and subsequent geochemical transport invariably saturated fractured rocks: 1. Approaches (open access)

Multiphase fluid flow and subsequent geochemical transport invariably saturated fractured rocks: 1. Approaches

Reactive fluid flow and geochemical transport in unsaturated fractured rocks has received increasing attention for studies of contaminant transport, groundwater quality, waste disposal, acid mine drainage remediation, mineral deposits, sedimentary diagenesis, and fluid-rock interactions in hydrothermal systems. This paper presents methods for modeling geochemical systems that emphasize: (1) involvement of the gas phase in addition to liquid and solid phases in fluid flow, mass transport and chemical reactions, (2) treatment of physically and chemically heterogeneous and fractured rocks, (3) the effect of heat on fluid flow and reaction properties and processes, and (4) the kinetics of fluid-rock interaction. The physical and chemical process model is embodied in a system of partial differential equations for flow and transport, coupled to algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations for chemical interactions. For numerical solution, the continuum equations are discretized in space and time. Space discretization is based on a flexible integral finite difference approach that can use irregular gridding to model geologic structure; time is discretized fully implicitly as a first-order finite difference. Heterogeneous and fractured media are treated with a general multiple interacting continua method that includes double-porosity, dual-permeability, and multi-region models as special cases. A sequential iteration approach is used to …
Date: August 8, 2000
Creator: Xu, Tianfu & Pruess, Karsten
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Stimulation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs with Subsurface Nuclear Explosions (open access)

The Stimulation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs with Subsurface Nuclear Explosions

Between 1965 and 1979 there were five documented and one or more inferred attempts to stimulate the production from hydrocarbon reservoirs by detonating nuclear devices in reservoir strata. Of the five documented tests, three were carried out by the US in low-permeability, natural-gas bearing, sandstone-shale formations, and two were done in the USSR within oil-bearing carbonates. The objectives of the US stimulation efforts were to increase porosity and permeability in a reservoir around a specific well by creating a chimney of rock rubble with fractures extending beyond it, and to connect superimposed reservoir layers. In the USSR, the intent was to extensively fracture an existing reservoir in the more general vicinity of producing wells, again increasing overall permeability and porosity. In both countries, the ultimate goals were to increase production rates and ultimate recovery from the reservoirs. Subsurface explosive devices ranging from 2.3 to about 100 kilotons were used at depths ranging from 1208 m (3963 ft) to 2568 m (8427 ft). Post-shot problems were encountered, including smaller-than-calculated fracture zones, formation damage, radioactivity of the product, and dilution of the BTU value of tie natural gas with inflammable gases created by the explosion. Reports also suggest that production-enhancement factors from …
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: LORENZ,JOHN C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notice of Construction for Tank Waste Remediation System Vadose Zone Characterization (open access)

Notice of Construction for Tank Waste Remediation System Vadose Zone Characterization

The following description and any attachments and references are provided to the Washington State Department of Health (WDOH), Division of Radiation Protection, Air Emissions & Defense Waste Section as a notice of construction (NOC) in accordance with Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 246-247, Radiation Protection--Air Emissions. The WAC 246-247-060, ''Applications, registration, and licensing'', states ''This section describes the information requirements for approval to construct, modify, and operate an emission unit. Any NOC requires the submittal of information listed in Appendix A,'' Appendix A (WAC 246-247-1 10) lists the requirements that must be addressed. The original NOC was submitted in May of 1999 as DOE/TU-99-34. Additionally, the following description, attachments and references are provided to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an NOC, in accordance with Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 61, ''National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.'' The information required for submittal to the EPA is specified in 40 CFR 61.07. The potential emissions from this activity are estimated to provide less than 0.1 millirem/year total effective dose equivalent (TEDE) to the hypothetical offsite maximally exposed individual (MEI), and commencement is needed within a short time frame. Therefore, this application is also intended to provide notification …
Date: March 8, 2000
Creator: HILL, J.S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000 (open access)

Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Archer City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: Lewis, Shelley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000 (open access)

Throckmorton Tribune (Throckmorton, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Throckmorton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: Mayes, Cecil
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 2000 (open access)

Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Levelland, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 8, 2000
Creator: Rigg, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 2000 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 8, 2000

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 2000
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved oil recovery in fluvial dominated deltaic reservoirs of Kansas - Near-term, Class I (open access)

Improved oil recovery in fluvial dominated deltaic reservoirs of Kansas - Near-term, Class I

This project involved two demonstration projects, one in a Marrow reservoir located in the southwestern part of the state and the second in the Cherokee Group in eastern Kansas. Morrow reservoirs of western Kansas are still actively being explored and constitute an important resource in Kansas. Cumulative oil production from the Morrow in Kansas is over 400,000,000 bbls. Much of the production from the Morrow is still in the primary stage and has not reached the mature declining state of that in the Cherokee. The Cherokee Group has produced about 1 billion bbls of oil since the first commercial production began over a century ago. It is a billion-barrel plus resource that is distributed over a large number of fields and small production units. Many of the reservoirs are operated close to the economic limit, although the small units and low production per well are offset by low costs associated with the shallow nature of the reservoirs (less than 1000 ft. deep).
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: Green, D.W.; Willhite, G.P.; Reynolds, Rodney R.; McCune, A. Dwayne; Michnick, Michael J.; Walton, Anthony W. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 72, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000 (open access)

The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 105, No. 72, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000

Semi-weekly newspaper from Clifton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 8, 2000
Creator: Smith, W. Leon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: September 8, 2000
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
From gems to lithium battery electrodes : the significance of the diamond, ruby (sapphire), spinel and peridot structures. (open access)

From gems to lithium battery electrodes : the significance of the diamond, ruby (sapphire), spinel and peridot structures.

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Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: Thackeray, M. M.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 2000 (open access)

Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Seminole, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 2000
Creator: Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
NaturAnalogs for the Unsaturated Zone (open access)

NaturAnalogs for the Unsaturated Zone

The purpose of this Analysis/Model Report (AMR) is to document natural and anthropogenic (human-induced) analog sites and processes that are applicable to flow and transport processes expected to occur at the potential Yucca Mountain repository in order to build increased confidence in modeling processes of Unsaturated Zone (UZ) flow and transport. This AMR was prepared in accordance with ''AMR Development Plan for U0135, Natural Analogs for the UZ'' (CRWMS 1999a). Knowledge from analog sites and processes is used as corroborating information to test and build confidence in flow and transport models of Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This AMR supports the Unsaturated Zone (UZ) Flow and Transport Process Model Report (PMR) and the Yucca Mountain Site Description. The objectives of this AMR are to test and build confidence in the representation of UZ processes in numerical models utilized in the UZ Flow and Transport Model. This is accomplished by: (1) applying data from Boxy Canyon, Idaho in simulations of UZ flow using the same methodologies incorporated in the Yucca Mountain UZ Flow and Transport Model to assess the fracture-matrix interaction conceptual model; (2) Providing a preliminary basis for analysis of radionuclide transport at Pena Blanca, Mexico as an analog of radionuclide transport …
Date: March 8, 2000
Creator: Simmons, A.; Unger, A. & Murrell, M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory directed research and development program FY 1999 (open access)

Laboratory directed research and development program FY 1999

The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab or LBNL) is a multi-program national research facility operated by the University of California for the Department of Energy (DOE). As an integral element of DOE's National Laboratory System, Berkeley Lab supports DOE's missions in fundamental science, energy resources, and environmental quality. Berkeley Lab programs advance four distinct goals for DOE and the nation: (1) To perform leading multidisciplinary research in the computing sciences, physical sciences, energy sciences, biosciences, and general sciences in a manner that ensures employee and public safety and protection of the environment. (2) To develop and operate unique national experimental facilities for qualified investigators. (3) To educate and train future generations of scientists and engineers to promote national science and education goals. (4) To transfer knowledge and technological innovations and to foster productive relationships among Berkeley Lab's research programs, universities, and industry in order to promote national economic competitiveness. This is the annual report on Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program for FY99.
Date: March 8, 2000
Creator: Hansen, Todd & Levy, Karin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Qtexas, Volume 1, Issue 12, December 8, 2000 (open access)

Qtexas, Volume 1, Issue 12, December 8, 2000

Weekly magazine containing news, information about events, interviews, and articles of interest to the gay and lesbian community in Texas, with advertising.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Qtexas Publishing, LLC
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 2000 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 2000

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 8, 2000
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 8, 2000
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000 (open access)

Brady Standard-Herald and Heart O' Texas News (Brady, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 2000

Semiweekly newspaper from Brady, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Stewart, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Mannford Star (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 2000 (open access)

The Mannford Star (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Mannford, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 2000
Creator: Lane, Lee
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: Bush, Kent
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 49, Pages 12019-12262, December 8, 2000 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 49, Pages 12019-12262, December 8, 2000

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000 (open access)

The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 2000

Weekly newspaper from Wynnewood, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History