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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Feasibility of Brine Disposal by Deep Well Injection <br /> <br />The only major work completed to date is the "Feasibility Study <br /> <br />of Brine Disposal by Deep Well Injection" by Frank P. Turner, Consul- <br /> <br />tant Geologist, Professional Engineer. The report was submitted in <br /> <br />November 1975. The purpose of the contracted study was to investigate <br /> <br />the feasibility of brine fluids disposal by deep well injection, to <br /> <br />determine which scheme was at all possible, which is the best, what <br /> <br />physical and environmental factors need to be considered, and what <br /> <br />methods are needed to implement the project. To reach his conclusion, <br /> <br />Mr. Turner reviewed local well logs, area geology, consulted with <br /> <br />numerous engineers and geologists, and worked closely with the results <br /> <br />of Earlougher and Amstutz's report to Union Carbide Nuclear Company <br /> <br />on deep wel1 injection of effluent from the Uravan Mill. <br /> <br />The Turner report evaluated five brine pumping schemes: <br /> 1) Recycled to the salt dome under lying Paradox Valley. <br /> 2) Disposal in nuclear chambers created in the salt dome. <br /> 3) Disposal into nearby existing oil and gas wells. <br /> 4) Disposal by drilling new wells into porous formations. <br /> 5) Disposal into nearby abandoned \':ildcat oil and gas wells. <br /> <br />The most feasible scheme chosen was to dispose of the brine by injecting <br /> <br />into existing abandoned hTildcat oil and gas wells. Three wells "ere <br /> <br />selected for possible disposal because of their close proximity to <br /> <br />the pumping site. Mr. Turner believed that the Continental Oil Co. <br /> <br />No. 1 Scorup-Somerville-Wilcox Well was most favorable. Review of <br /> <br />drill logs reported that the Madison-Leadville Limestone of <br /> <br />oor46~, <br /> <br />.1 <br />I <br />I <br />