Review of surface-equipment requirements for geothermal-well stimulation. Geothermal-reservoir well-stimulation program

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7097585· OSTI ID:7097585

A summary of stimulation equipment available to geothermal industry is presented and some modifications from which it could benefit are discussed. Equipment requirements for hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, acidizing, and other chemical treatments are included. Designs for the following are reviewed: equipment for premixing and storing treatment fluids, proppant handling equipment, pump trucks, special equipment for foam fracturing, intensifier pumps, manifolding, and monitoring and control devices.

• Research Organization: Republic Geothermal, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-79AL10563
• OSTI ID: 7097585
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/10563-T12; ON: DE82021730
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
WELL STIMULATION
EQUIPMENT
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FOAMS
FRACTURING FLUIDS
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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
MODIFICATIONS
PROPPING AGENTS
PUMPS
COLLOIDS
COMMINUTION
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
FRACTURING
INDUSTRY
STIMULATION
WELLS
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