Production induced boiling and cold water entry in the Cerro Prieto geothermal reservoir indicated by chemical and physical measurements

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:7369383

Grant, M A ^[1]; Truesdell, A H; Manon, A

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1. DSIR, Wellington, New Zealand

Chemical and physical data suggest that the relatively shallow western part of the Cerro Prieto reservoir is bounded below by low permeability rocks, and above and at the sides by an interface with cooler water. There is no continuous permeability barrier around or immediately above the reservoir. Permeability within the reservoir is dominantly intergranular. Mixture with cooler water rather than boiling is the dominant cooling process in the natural state, and production causes displacement of hot water by cooler water, not by vapor. Local boiling occurs near most wells in response to pressure decreases, but no general vapor zone has formed.

• OSTI ID: 7369383
• Report Number(s): LBL-11967; CONF-810399-15; ON: DE82019261
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field in Baja California, Mexico, San Francisco, CA, USA, Mar 1981; Related Information: In: Proceedings: third symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico, by
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CERRO PRIETO GEOTHERMAL FIELD
GEOLOGIC MODELS
BOILING
BROADLANDS GEOTHERMAL FIELD
EXPLORATION
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PERMEABILITY
RECHARGE
WAIRAKEI GEOTHERMAL FIELD
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
WELLS
Geothermal Legacy
150202* - Geology & Hydrology of Geothermal Systems- Non-USA- (-1989)