Geothermal drilling in Cerro Prieto
The number of characteristics of the different wells that have been drilled in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field to date enable one to summarize the basic factors in the applied technology, draw some conclusions, improve systems and procedures, and define some problems that have not yet been satisfactorily solved, although the existing solution is the best now available. For all practical purposes, the 100 wells drilled in the three areas or blocks into which the Cerro Prieto field has been divided have been completed. Both exploratory and production wells have been drilled; problems of partial or total lack of control have made it necessary to abandon some of these wells, since they were unsafe to keep in production or even to be used for observation and/or study. The wells and their type, the type of constructed wells and the accumulative meters that have been drilled for such wells are summarized.
- OSTI ID:
- 7369507
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8208109-Vol.2-11; ON: DE87003674
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. symposium on the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 Aug 1982; Related Information: In: ACTAS proceedings: Volume 2, by
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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