A tracer test at the Beowawe geothermal field, Nevada, using fluorescein and tinopal CBS

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:175628

Rose, P E; Adams, M C ^[1]; Benoit, D ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
2. Oxbow Power Services, Inc., Reno, NV (United States)

An interwell tracer test using fluorescein and tinopal CBS was performed at the Beowawe geothermal field in north-central Nevada in order to assess the effects of recent changes to the injection strategy. Fluorescein return curves established injection-production flow patterns and verified that produced water is being reinjected into a region of the reservoir that is in excellent communication with the production wells. An analysis of the tinopal CBS return curves indicated that tinopal CBS was apparently strongly adsorbed onto the reservoir rock. The fluorescein return curves were used to estimate the overall (fractures and matrix) reservoir volume.

• OSTI ID: 175628
• Report Number(s): CONF-951037-; TRN: 95:008065-0039
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Reno, NV (United States), 8-11 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Accomplishments of the past and challenges of the future. Transactions, Volume 19; PB: 604 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NEVADA
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
RESERVOIR FLUIDS
PRODUCTION
HYDROLOGY
FLUORESCEIN