Electrical Resistivity Investigations at the Olkaria Geothermal Field, Kenya
- Key words
- Exploration; Reservoir Engineering; Power Generation; Kenya; Olkaria; Geophysical Surveys; Electrical Conductivity; Dipole; Geopressure
- Location
- Olkaria, Kenya
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1980
- Session
- Exploration; Geophysical surveys; Resistivity surveys
- Language
- English
Abstract
The bipole-dipole, Schumberger and in line dipole-dipole electrical resistivity configurations were used to delineate the Olkaria geothermal reservoir with the view to site boreholes for the production of electric power using the geopressured hot water. The dipole-dipole resistivity data provided the least ambiguous and most useable data for assessing the resource. Deep drilling into two of the anomalies outlined by this survey has proved the existence of high temperature reservoirs and a 15MW power station is under construction.
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