Injection in basin and range-type reservoirs: the Raft River experience

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5244811

Petty, S; Spencer, S

Injection testing at the Raft River KGRA has yielded some interesting results which can be useful in planning injection systems in Basin and Range type reservoirs. Because of inhomogeneities and possible fracturing in basin fill sediment, rapid pressure response to injection has been observed in one shallow monitor well, but not others. In some monitor wells in the injection field, pressure drops are observed during injection suggesting plastic deformation of the sediments. Seismicity, however, has not accompanied these observed water level changes.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA); Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., Boise, ID (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5244811
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-03681; CONF-811015-18; ON: DE82005684
• Resource Relation: Conference: Geothermal Resources Council annual meeting, Houston, TX, USA, 25 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INJECTION WELLS
TESTING
RAFT RIVER VALLEY
DEFORMATION
FLUID INJECTION
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
KGRA
PRESSURE DROP
SEDIMENTS
SEISMICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
FEDERAL REGION X
FLUIDS
IDAHO
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WELLS
Geothermal Legacy
150600* - Geothermal Energy- Environmental Aspects