Status of geothermal reservoir engineering research projects supported by USDOE/Division of Geothermal Energy

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6170503

Howard, J H; Schwarz, W J

In the fall of 1977, the US Department of Energy (DOE), Division of Geothermal Energy (DGE) proposed that Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) assume lead responsibility, on DGE's behalf, for geothermal reservoir engineering. This summary discusses briefly the DOE/DGE-sponsored geothermal reservoir engineering research program which includes LBL in-house research and research done by others through LBL. LBL in-house research has emphasized improvement of well test analysis methods and the development of geothermal reservoir performance simulators. Work by others has included 18 separate contracts on a variety of technical and scientific projects. Altogether, 29 distinguishable research topics have been addressed. Fourteen institutions, including eight private companies, have interacted with the program. Table 1, along with figures 2 and 3 summarized the status of the work.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6170503
• Report Number(s): LBL-9326; CONF-790906-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERFORMANCE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
TESTING
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
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