Reservoir Response to Thermal and High-Pressure Well Stimulation Efforts at Raft River, Idaho
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); University of Utah
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
An injection stimulation test begun at the Raft River geothermal reservoir in June, 2013 has produced a wealth of data describing well and reservoir response via high-resolution temperature logging and distributed temperature sensing, seismic monitoring, periodic borehole televiewer logging, periodic stepped flow rate tests and tracer injections before and after stimulation efforts. The hydraulic response demonstrates continually increasing injectivity, reflected in varying flow rate response to nearly constant injection pressure, but features of the hydraulic response provide information about different characteristics of the reservoir. Changes in injectivity immediately following high-flow rate tests suggest that hydro shearing has altered the near-well permeability structure, while pressure response during those tests indicates that near-well permeability is relatively homogeneous and low but that the well is near, but not well connected to, a zone of higher transmissivity. Long-term changes in injectivity are believed to reflect propagation of the injection cooling front through low permeability zones. Two dimensional flow and heat transport simulations are used to demonstrate how the timescale of pressure response may relate to length scales of permeability distribution.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0000215
- OSTI ID:
- 1781637
- Journal Information:
- Stanford Geothermal Workshop, Journal Name: Stanford Geothermal Workshop
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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