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Project Gasbuggy: A Government-Industry Natural Gas Production Stimulation Experiment Using Nuclear Explosives

  • 1967-Sep-15

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A publication about Project Gasbuggy, issued by the Project Gasbuggy Joint Office of Information in 1967.

Project Gasbuggy was a joint experiment by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the Department of the Interior, and the El Paso Natural Gas Company, to determine if nuclear explosives could be used to extract natural gas. Project Gasbuggy was part of Project Plowshare, the AEC's effort to develop peacetime uses for nuclear explosives.

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Project Gasbuggy (U.S.). Joint Office of Information, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso Natural Gas Company, and United States. Department of the Interior. “Project Gasbuggy: A Government-Industry Natural Gas Production Stimulation Experiment Using Nuclear Explosives,” September 15, 1967. Papers of Spofford Grady English, Box 1, Folder 40. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/2dabt1q.

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