Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation Treatments at East Mesa, Well 58-30; Geothermal Reservoir Well Stimulation Program; Experiment 3 and 4
The tests reported were part of the DOE Geothermal Reservoir Well Stimulation Program. This East Mesa (Imperial Valley, CA) well was successfully stimulated with two fracture treatments, a dendritic fracture and a planar fracture. The natural flow production of the well increased 114 percent, to 197,900 lb/hr. These tests were among the few successful attempts of this program to increase flow from geothermal production wells. The general belief is that these tests worked OK primarily because the formation was sedimentary rock (similar to rock in most oil and gas wells that have been stimulated successfully. Similar tests in geothermal hard rock reservoirs did not work very well. (DJE 2005)
- Research Organization:
- Republic Geothermal, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California; Maurer Engineering, Inc., Houston, Texas; Vetter Research, Costa Mesa, California
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-79AL10563
- OSTI ID:
- 860847
- Report Number(s):
- RGI-81-2Z
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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