Slimhole drilling for geothermal exploration
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Geothermal Research Dept.
Sandia National Laboratories manages the US Department of Energy program for slimhole drilling. The principal objective of this program is to expand proven geothermal reserves through increased exploration, made possible by lower-cost slimhole drilling. For this to be a valid exploration method, however, it is necessary to demonstrate that slimholes yield enough data to evaluate a geothermal reservoir, and that is the focus of Sandia`s current research. Sandia negotiated an agreement with Far West Capital, which operates the Steamboat Hills geothermal field, to drill and test an exploratory slimhole on their lease. The principal objectives for the slimhole were development of slimhole testing methods, comparison of slimhole data with that from adjacent production-size wells, and definition of possible higher-temperature production zones lying deeper than the existing wells.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 10163778
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-94-1147C; CONF-9404102-5; ON: DE94014664; BR: GB0103012; TRN: AHC29415%%26
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. geothermal program review: geothermal`s role in global climate change - impacts on the Climate Change Action Plan,San Francisco, CA (United States),25-28 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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