Reservoir Simulation on the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field: A Continuing Study
Conference
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OSTI ID:889741
The Cerro Prieto geothermal field is a liquid-dominated geothermal reservoir of complex geological and hydrological structure. It is located at the southern end of the Salton-Mexicali trough which includes other geothermal anomalies as Heber and East Mesa. Although in 1973, the initial power plant installed capacity was 75 MW of electrical power, this amount increased to 180 MW in 1981 as field development continued. It is expected to have a generating capacity of 620 MW by the end of 1985, when two new plants will be completely in operation. Questions about field deliverability, reservoir life and ultimate recovery related to planned installations are being presently asked. Numerical modeling studies can give very valuable answers to these questions, even at the early stages in the development of a field. An effort to simulate the Cerro Prieto geothermal reservoir has been undergoing for almost two years. A joint project among Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) and Intercomp of Houstin, Texas, was created to perform reservoir engineering and simulation studies on this field. The final project objective is tosimulate the behavior of the old field region when production from additional wells located in the undeveloped field zones will be used for feeding the new power plants.
- Research Organization:
- Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Coordinadora Ejecutiva de Cerro Prieto, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT03-80SF11459
- OSTI ID:
- 889741
- Report Number(s):
- SGP-TR-74-48
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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