Proposed scientific activities for the Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6838197· OSTI ID:6838197

The Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project (SSSDP) has been organized for the purpose of investigating a hydrothermal system at depths and temperatures greater than has been done before. Plans are to deepen an existing well or to drill a new well for research purposes for which temperatures of 300/sup 0/C will be reached at a depth of less than 3.7 km and then deepen that well a further 1.8 km. This report recounts the Congressional history of the appropriation to drill the hole and other history through March 1984, gives a review of the literature on the Salton Sea Geothermal Field and its relationship to other geothermal systems of the Salton Trough, and describes a comprehensive series of investigations that have been proposed either in the well or in conjunction with the SSSDP. Investigations in geophysics, geochemistry and petrology, tectonics and rock mechanics, and geohydrology are given. A tabulation is given of current commercial and state-of-the-art downhole tools and their pressure, temperature, and minimum hole size limitations.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6838197
• Report Number(s): LBL-17716; ON: DE84012256
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150300 -- Geothermal Exploration & Exploration Technology
150303* -- Geothermal Exploration & Exploration Technology-- Exploratory Drilling & Well Logging
CHEMISTRY
DRILLING
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICS
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
Geothermal Legacy
HYDROLOGY
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
MECHANICS
PETROLOGY
PLANNING
RESERVOIR PRESSURE
RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE
ROCK MECHANICS
SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
TECTONICS
WELL DRILLING
WELL PRESSURE
WELL TEMPERATURE
WELLS