Robert C Burruss (Former Employee)
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Bedrock, Borehole, and Water-Quality Characterization of a Methane-Producing Water Well in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
In August 2004, a commercial drill rig was destroyed by ignition of an explosive gas released during the drilling of a domestic well in granitic bedrock in Tyngsborough, MA. This accident prompted the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to sample the well water for dissolved methane - a possible explosive fuel. Water samples collected from the Tyngsborough domestic well
Authors
James R. Degnan, Gregory J. Walsh, Sarah M. Flanagan, Robert A. Burruss
A new method for synthesizing fluid inclusions in fused silica capillaries containing organic and inorganic material
Considerable advances in our understanding of physicochemical properties of geological fluids and their roles in many geological processes have been achieved by the use of synthetic fluid inclusions. We have developed a new method to synthesize fluid inclusions containing organic and inorganic material in fused silica capillary tubing. We have used both round (0.3 mm OD and 0.05 or 0.1 mm ID) and
Authors
I.-Ming Chou, Y. Song, R. C. Burruss
Carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
Human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas, have caused a substantial increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. This increase in atmospheric CO2 - from about 280 to more than 380 parts per million (ppm) over the last 250 years - is causing measurable global warming. Potential adverse impacts include sea-level rise; increased f
Authors
Eric Sundquist, Robert Burruss, Stephen Faulkner, Robert Gleason, Jennifer Harden, Yousif Kharaka, Larry Tieszen, Mark Waldrop
Determination of methane concentrations in water in equilibrium with sI methane hydrate in the absence of a vapor phase by in situ Raman spectroscopy
Most submarine gas hydrates are located within the two-phase equilibrium region of hydrate and interstitial water with pressures (P) ranging from 8 to 60 MPa and temperatures (T) from 275 to 293 K. However, current measurements of solubilities of methane in equilibrium with hydrate in the absence of a vapor phase are limited below 20 MPa and 283.15 K, and the differences among these data are up to
Authors
W. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss
Borehole Characterization of a Methane-Yielding Bedrock Well, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
In August 2004, a domestic water well was drilled into granitoid metamorphic rocks 5.38 kilometers southwest of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on Scribner Hill. According to well driller Roger Skillings of Skillings and Sons, Inc. (oral commun., 2005), no water was encountered during drilling and when the borehole reached a depth of approximately 305.1 m, a blue flame exploded out of the well casing
Authors
Herbert A. Pierce, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert A. Burruss, James R. Degnan
Regional Fluid Flow and Basin Modeling in Northern Alaska
The foothills of the Brooks Range contain an enormous accumulation of zinc (Zn) in the form of zinc sulfide and barium (Ba) in the form of barite in Carboniferous shale, chert, and mudstone. Most of the resources and reserves of Zn occur in the Red Dog deposit and others in the Red Dog district; these resources and reserves surpass those of most deposits worldwide in terms of size and grade. In ad
Authors
Robert A. Ayuso, Robert Burruss, Julie A. Dumoulin, Garth E. Graham, Anita G. Harris, Craig A. Johnson, Karen D. Kelley, David L. Leach, Paul G. Lillis, Erin E. Marsh, Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, John F. Slack
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Alaska Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Central Energy Resources Science Center
A unified equation for calculating methane vapor pressures in the CH4-H2O system with measured Raman shifts
A unified equation has been derived by using all available data for calculating methane vapor pressures with measured Raman shifts of C-H symmetric stretching band (??1) in the vapor phase of sample fluids near room temperature. This equation eliminates discrepancies among the existing data sets and can be applied at any Raman laboratory. Raman shifts of C-H symmetric stretching band of methane in
Authors
W. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss, Y. Song
Timing of hydrocarbon emplacement in ozokerite andcalcite lined fractures, Teapot Dome, Wyoming
Teapot Dome, Wyoming, also known as National Petroleum Reserve 3, is a candidate for a
national CO2 storage test site. The oil field in Upper Cretaceous sandstones at Teapot Dome was
discovered in the 1880's based on surface occurrences of a waxy hydrocarbon, 'ozokerite', within
calcite-lined fractures. The goal of this research is to determine if the hydrocarbons resulted from
active (i.e. presen
Authors
Sean T. Brennan, Kristin O. Dennen, Robert A. Burruss
In situ study of mass transfer in aqueous solutions under high pressures via Raman spectroscopy: A new method for the determination of diffusion coefficients of methane in water near hydrate formation conditions
A new method was developed for in situ study of the diffusive transfer of methane in aqueous solution under high pressures near hydrate formation conditions within an optical capillary cell. Time-dependent Raman spectra of the solution at several different spots along the one-dimensional diffusion path were collected and thus the varying composition profile of the solution was monitored. Diffusion
Authors
W.J. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss, M.Z. Yang
Geochemical investigation of the potential for mobilizing non-methane hydrocarbons during carbon dioxide storage in deep coal beds
Coal samples of different rank (lignite to anthracite) were extracted in the laboratory with supercritical CO2 (40 ??C; 10 MPa) to evaluate the potential for mobilizing non-methane hydrocarbons during CO2 storage (sequestration) or enhanced coal bed methane recovery from deep (???1-km depth) coal beds. The total measured alkane concentrations mobilized from the coal samples ranged from 3.0 to 64 g
Authors
J.J. Kolak, R. C. Burruss
Specific storage volumes: A useful tool for CO2 storage capacity assessment
Subsurface geologic strata have the potential to store billions of tons of anthropogenic CO2; therefore, geologic carbon sequestration can be an effective mitigation tool used to slow the rate at which levels of atmospheric CO2 are increasing. Oil and gas reservoirs, coal beds, and saline reservoirs can be used for CO2 storage; however, it is difficult to assess and compare the relative storage ca
Authors
S.T. Brennan, R. C. Burruss
Evaluation of the Stranded Kavik Gas Field, North Slope of Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Mahendra K. Verma, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip H. Nelson, Robert A. Burruss
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Bedrock, Borehole, and Water-Quality Characterization of a Methane-Producing Water Well in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
In August 2004, a commercial drill rig was destroyed by ignition of an explosive gas released during the drilling of a domestic well in granitic bedrock in Tyngsborough, MA. This accident prompted the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) to sample the well water for dissolved methane - a possible explosive fuel. Water samples collected from the Tyngsborough domestic well
Authors
James R. Degnan, Gregory J. Walsh, Sarah M. Flanagan, Robert A. Burruss
A new method for synthesizing fluid inclusions in fused silica capillaries containing organic and inorganic material
Considerable advances in our understanding of physicochemical properties of geological fluids and their roles in many geological processes have been achieved by the use of synthetic fluid inclusions. We have developed a new method to synthesize fluid inclusions containing organic and inorganic material in fused silica capillary tubing. We have used both round (0.3 mm OD and 0.05 or 0.1 mm ID) and
Authors
I.-Ming Chou, Y. Song, R. C. Burruss
Carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
Human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas, have caused a substantial increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. This increase in atmospheric CO2 - from about 280 to more than 380 parts per million (ppm) over the last 250 years - is causing measurable global warming. Potential adverse impacts include sea-level rise; increased f
Authors
Eric Sundquist, Robert Burruss, Stephen Faulkner, Robert Gleason, Jennifer Harden, Yousif Kharaka, Larry Tieszen, Mark Waldrop
Determination of methane concentrations in water in equilibrium with sI methane hydrate in the absence of a vapor phase by in situ Raman spectroscopy
Most submarine gas hydrates are located within the two-phase equilibrium region of hydrate and interstitial water with pressures (P) ranging from 8 to 60 MPa and temperatures (T) from 275 to 293 K. However, current measurements of solubilities of methane in equilibrium with hydrate in the absence of a vapor phase are limited below 20 MPa and 283.15 K, and the differences among these data are up to
Authors
W. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss
Borehole Characterization of a Methane-Yielding Bedrock Well, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
In August 2004, a domestic water well was drilled into granitoid metamorphic rocks 5.38 kilometers southwest of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, on Scribner Hill. According to well driller Roger Skillings of Skillings and Sons, Inc. (oral commun., 2005), no water was encountered during drilling and when the borehole reached a depth of approximately 305.1 m, a blue flame exploded out of the well casing
Authors
Herbert A. Pierce, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert A. Burruss, James R. Degnan
Regional Fluid Flow and Basin Modeling in Northern Alaska
The foothills of the Brooks Range contain an enormous accumulation of zinc (Zn) in the form of zinc sulfide and barium (Ba) in the form of barite in Carboniferous shale, chert, and mudstone. Most of the resources and reserves of Zn occur in the Red Dog deposit and others in the Red Dog district; these resources and reserves surpass those of most deposits worldwide in terms of size and grade. In ad
Authors
Robert A. Ayuso, Robert Burruss, Julie A. Dumoulin, Garth E. Graham, Anita G. Harris, Craig A. Johnson, Karen D. Kelley, David L. Leach, Paul G. Lillis, Erin E. Marsh, Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, John F. Slack
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Alaska Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Central Energy Resources Science Center
A unified equation for calculating methane vapor pressures in the CH4-H2O system with measured Raman shifts
A unified equation has been derived by using all available data for calculating methane vapor pressures with measured Raman shifts of C-H symmetric stretching band (??1) in the vapor phase of sample fluids near room temperature. This equation eliminates discrepancies among the existing data sets and can be applied at any Raman laboratory. Raman shifts of C-H symmetric stretching band of methane in
Authors
W. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss, Y. Song
Timing of hydrocarbon emplacement in ozokerite andcalcite lined fractures, Teapot Dome, Wyoming
Teapot Dome, Wyoming, also known as National Petroleum Reserve 3, is a candidate for a
national CO2 storage test site. The oil field in Upper Cretaceous sandstones at Teapot Dome was
discovered in the 1880's based on surface occurrences of a waxy hydrocarbon, 'ozokerite', within
calcite-lined fractures. The goal of this research is to determine if the hydrocarbons resulted from
active (i.e. presen
Authors
Sean T. Brennan, Kristin O. Dennen, Robert A. Burruss
In situ study of mass transfer in aqueous solutions under high pressures via Raman spectroscopy: A new method for the determination of diffusion coefficients of methane in water near hydrate formation conditions
A new method was developed for in situ study of the diffusive transfer of methane in aqueous solution under high pressures near hydrate formation conditions within an optical capillary cell. Time-dependent Raman spectra of the solution at several different spots along the one-dimensional diffusion path were collected and thus the varying composition profile of the solution was monitored. Diffusion
Authors
W.J. Lu, I.-Ming Chou, R. C. Burruss, M.Z. Yang
Geochemical investigation of the potential for mobilizing non-methane hydrocarbons during carbon dioxide storage in deep coal beds
Coal samples of different rank (lignite to anthracite) were extracted in the laboratory with supercritical CO2 (40 ??C; 10 MPa) to evaluate the potential for mobilizing non-methane hydrocarbons during CO2 storage (sequestration) or enhanced coal bed methane recovery from deep (???1-km depth) coal beds. The total measured alkane concentrations mobilized from the coal samples ranged from 3.0 to 64 g
Authors
J.J. Kolak, R. C. Burruss
Specific storage volumes: A useful tool for CO2 storage capacity assessment
Subsurface geologic strata have the potential to store billions of tons of anthropogenic CO2; therefore, geologic carbon sequestration can be an effective mitigation tool used to slow the rate at which levels of atmospheric CO2 are increasing. Oil and gas reservoirs, coal beds, and saline reservoirs can be used for CO2 storage; however, it is difficult to assess and compare the relative storage ca
Authors
S.T. Brennan, R. C. Burruss
Evaluation of the Stranded Kavik Gas Field, North Slope of Alaska
No abstract available.
Authors
Mahendra K. Verma, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip H. Nelson, Robert A. Burruss