Bemidji Crude-Oil Project
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1989 field work:
![](./smallpics/field1989/9014.jpg) View of 534
well nest with the spray zone visible beyond
the railroad tracks.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Hedeff%20and%20Don%20Boyce.jpg) Hedeff Essaid, Don Boyce, and student measuring
oil thicknesses.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Marc%20tripod%20coring.jpg) Marc
Hult collecting soil core using a tripod unit.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Tripod%20coring.jpg) Here's another picture of the tripod
coring operation.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Tripod%20coring1.jpg) This is a view of the tripod
coring site from a distance.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Injection%20test%20site.jpg) This is the unsaturated-zone
injection test site used by Marc Hult and Art
Baehr.
![](./smallpics/field1989/UZ%20test.jpg) Here is another view of the above-ground
equipment at the UZ test site.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Control%20panel.jpg) Control
panel for the UZ test.
![](./smallpics/field1989/North%20pool.jpg) View of the 301
well nest at the north pool.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Spray%20zone2.jpg) Views of the north pool transect: from
the spray zone...
![](./smallpics/field1989/No.%20pool%20transect.jpg) ...looking west from
about well 531 toward the spray zone.
![](./smallpics/field1989/No.%20pool%20transect2.jpg) ...looking east from
about well 423.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Middle%20pool.jpg) View of middle
oil pool from the pipelines.
![](./smallpics/field1989/North%20pool2.jpg) View of spray zone from
well 422.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Spray%20zone1.jpg) Looking from
the spray zone toward the south pool.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Hydrophobic%20soil%20in%20spray%20zone.jpg) View of hydrophobic
soils in the spray zone.
![](./smallpics/field1989/South%20pool.jpg) View of the south
pool and wetland from the pipeline road.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Oily%20sand%20near%20road%20at%20south%20pool.jpg) Oily
sand near pipeline road at the south
pool.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Wetland%20gage.jpg) Oil
stained gage in the wetland.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Wetland.jpg) Floating
oil on the wetland.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Drilling3.jpg) Collecting
a soil core on the south side of the
tracks.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Drilling2.jpg) Another view of the drilling operation, taken from the
railroad tracks.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Drilling.jpg) Yet another view
of Don Boyce and crew drilling.
![](./smallpics/field1989/Core3.jpg) Taking field
measurements of a soil core.
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