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Title: Use Of Inert Gas To Test Potential Gas Storage Aquifers
Author: Jack R. Wingerter
Source: American Gas Association 1970
Year Published: 1970
Abstract: Testing the adequacy of the cap rock to contain natural gas in potential gas storage aquifers may be accomplished in several ways. A water pumping test in many cases is sufficient and should be tried first. (Pulse testing is another alternative.) The most positive proof of the cap rocks adequacy is to inject a gas. However if the cap rock should be inadequate, natural gas would not be desirable because of the hazardous conditions created by leaks into upper formations, Air should not be used because of the explosive conditions that would exist if natural gas were injected. Bulk storage facilities would make the purchase of an inert gas rather expensive. The use of an inert gas generator would seem to be the most realistic means of testing the field without risking the potential hazards of natural gas, should it leak.

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