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| Title: |
Geothermal well stimulation - program summary and the Beowawe field experiment |
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| Creator/Author: |
Verity, R.V.
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| Publication Date: | 1983 Dec 01 |
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| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI 7369633 |
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| Report Number(s): | CONF-8310177--19 |
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| DOE Contract Number: | None |
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| Document Type: | Conference |
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| Specific Type: | Technical Report |
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| Resource Relation: | Conference: 2. annual DOE geothermal progress review meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 11 Oct 1983; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the Geothermal Program Review II, by |
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| Research Org: | Republic Geothermal, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA |
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| Sponsoring Org: | Not Available |
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| Subject: | 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; WELL STIMULATION; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURES; PROPPING AGENTS; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING; FAILURES; STIMULATION; WELLS |
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| Keywords: | Geothermal Legacy |
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| Description/Abstract: | Republic Geothermal, Inc. and its subcontractors have planned and executed laboratory studies and eight well stimulation field experiments under the Geothermal Reservoir Well Stimulation Program (GRWSP). The program, begun in February 1979, has concentrated on extending petroleum industry stimulation technology for use by the geothermal industry. The most recent experiment was in a naturally fractured Chevron well at Beowawe and involved an acid stimulation of a damaged interval which yielded a 2.3-fold increase in injectivity. Overall results to date have shown that stimulation is viable where adequate reservoirs are penetrated by wells encountering formation damage or locally tight formations. However, wells in marginal naturally fractured reservoirs have not been saved by the types of well stimulation jobs performed thus far. A recent discovery is that many wells can possibly be made outstanding producers by widening and propping compliant natural fractures. Confirmation of this constitutes unfinished business of the GRWSP, adn offers one of the greatest potential opportunities for enhancing the economics of geothermal power production. |
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| Country of Publication: | US |
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| Language: | English |
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| Size/Format: | Medium: ED; Size: Pages: 354-362 |
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| System Entry Date: | 2006 Sep 18 |
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