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Title: A reservoir engineering assessment of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal field, Nicaragua

Abstract

More than twenty years have passed since geothermal research and drilling took place at the geothermal fields in Nicaragua. The well known Momotombo Geothermal Field (70 MWe) has been generating electricity since 1983, and now a new geothermal field is under exploration, the San Jacinto-Tizate. Two reservoirs hydraulic connected were found. The shallow reservoir (270{degrees}C) at the depth of 550 - 1200 meters, and the deep one at > 1600 meters. Both of them are water dominated reservoirs although a two phase condition exist in the upper part of the shallow one. Different transient tests and a multi-well interference test have been carried out, very high transmissivity value were estimated around the well SJ-4 and average values for the others. A preliminary conceptual model of the geothermal system is given in this paper, as the result of the geology, geophysics, hydrology studies, drilling and reservoir evaluation.

Authors:
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  1. INTERGEOTERM, Managua (Nicaragua)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
472053
Report Number(s):
CONF-960124-
TRN: 96:005767-0004
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 21. Stanford workshop on geothermal reservoir engineering, Stanford, CA (United States), 22-24 Jan 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the twenty-first workshop on geothermal reservoir engineering; PB: 595 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MOMOTOMBO GEOTHERMAL FIELD; WELL DRILLING; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; NICARAGUA; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RESERVOIR ROCK

Citation Formats

Ostapenko, S, Spektor, S, Davila, H, Porras, E, and Perez, M. A reservoir engineering assessment of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal field, Nicaragua. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Ostapenko, S, Spektor, S, Davila, H, Porras, E, & Perez, M. A reservoir engineering assessment of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal field, Nicaragua. United States.
Ostapenko, S, Spektor, S, Davila, H, Porras, E, and Perez, M. 1996. "A reservoir engineering assessment of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal field, Nicaragua". United States.
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title = {A reservoir engineering assessment of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal field, Nicaragua},
author = {Ostapenko, S and Spektor, S and Davila, H and Porras, E and Perez, M},
abstractNote = {More than twenty years have passed since geothermal research and drilling took place at the geothermal fields in Nicaragua. The well known Momotombo Geothermal Field (70 MWe) has been generating electricity since 1983, and now a new geothermal field is under exploration, the San Jacinto-Tizate. Two reservoirs hydraulic connected were found. The shallow reservoir (270{degrees}C) at the depth of 550 - 1200 meters, and the deep one at > 1600 meters. Both of them are water dominated reservoirs although a two phase condition exist in the upper part of the shallow one. Different transient tests and a multi-well interference test have been carried out, very high transmissivity value were estimated around the well SJ-4 and average values for the others. A preliminary conceptual model of the geothermal system is given in this paper, as the result of the geology, geophysics, hydrology studies, drilling and reservoir evaluation.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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