Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project: A summary of drilling and engineering activities and scientific results. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10168871

Ross, H P; Forsgren, C K ^[1]

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The Salton Sea Scientific g Project (SSSDP) completed the first major well in the United States Continental Scientific Drilling Program. The well (State 2-14) was drilled to 10,W ft (3,220 m) in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California`s Imperial Valley, to permit scientific study of a deep, high-temperature portion of an active geothermal system. The program was designed to investigate, through drilling and testing, the subsurface thermal, chemical, and mineralogical environments of this geothermal area. Extensive samples and data, including cores, cuttings, geothermal fluids and gases, and geophysical logs, were collected for future scientific analysis, interpretation, and publication. Short duration flow tests were conducted on reservoirs at a depth of approximately 6,120 ft (1,865 m) and at 10,136 ft (3,089 m). This report summarizes all major activities of the SSSDP, from project inception in the fall of 1984 through brine-pond cleanup and site restoration, ending in February 1989. This report presents a balanced summary of drilling, coring, logging, and flow-test operations, and a brief summary of technical and scientific results. Frequent reference is made to original records, data, and publication of results. The report also reviews the proposed versus the final well design, and operational summaries, such as the bit record, the casing and cementing program, and the coring program. Summaries are and the results of three flow tests. Several teamed during the project.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ. Research Inst., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-90ID12929
• OSTI ID: 10168871
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE--12429-H1; ON: DE92019388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BRINES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPILED DATA
COST
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DRILLING TECHNOLOGY AND WELL HARDWARE
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND WELL LOGGING
FLUID FLOW
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
HEALTH AND SAFETY
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PROGRESS REPORT
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SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
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