Reservoir technology research at LBL addressing geysers issues

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6668795

Lippmann, M J; Bodvarsson, G S

The Geothermal Technology Division of the Department of Energy is redirecting a significant part of its Reservoir Technology funding to study problems now being experienced at The Geysers. These include excessive pressure drawdown and associated decline in well flow rates, corrosion due to high chloride concentration in the produced steam and high concentration of noncondensible gases in some parts of the field. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) is addressing some of these problems through field, laboratory and theoretical studies. 11 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6668795
• Report Number(s): LBL-29045; CONF-9004131-7; ON: DE90015725
• Resource Relation: Conference: The national energy strategy--the role of geothermal technology development, San Francisco, CA (USA), 18-20 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEYSERS GEOTHERMAL FIELD
CORROSION
FLOW RATE
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
CHLORIDES
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
GASES
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLERS
SAMPLING
SEISMIC ARRAYS
STEAM
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
Geothermal Legacy
150904* - Geothermal Engineering- Geothermal Reservoir & Well Performance
150903 - Geothermal Engineering- Corrosion
Scaling & Materials Development