Drilling plan: Raft river geothermal exploratory hole No. 3

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7364731· OSTI ID:7364731

The program, plans, and procedures to be used in drilling and completion of the Raft River Geothermal Exploratory Hole No. 3(RRGE-3) are described. RRGE-3 will be located in the Raft River valley of south central Idaho, southeast of Burley, and approximately 16 miles south of Malta, Idaho. The third exploratory hole will be drilled to provide data to further investigate and evaluate the geothermal reservoir, as well as to optimize the location of possible future resource and/or injection wells, and to develop methods to reduce the cost of geothermal wells. Plans call for drilling to a total depth of approximately 6,000 ft., or to the depth at which it is either indicated from temperature and test flow data and from logs that an acceptable hot water resource is available or that the hole is accepted as a possible reinjection well. (LBS)

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Idaho Falls, Idaho (USA). Idaho Operations Office
• OSTI ID: 7364731
• Report Number(s): NVO-170; IDO-10064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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DRILLING
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
DRILLING FLUIDS
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GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION
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NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
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RAFT RIVER VALLEY
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