Injection in Basin and Range Type Reservoirs -- The Raft River Experience
- Key words
- Reservoir Engineering; USA; Idaho; Raft River; Fractures; DOE; Aquifer; Injection Test; Injection Wells
- Location
- Raft River, Idaho
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1981
- Session
- Injection; Hydrogeology
- Language
- English
Abstract
Injection testing at the Raft River KGRA has yielded some interesting results which can be useful in planning injection systems in Basin and Range type reservoirs. Because of in homogeneities and possible fracturing in basin fill sediment, rapid pressure response to injection has been observed in one shallow monitor well, but not others. In some monitor wells in the injection field, pressure drops are observed during injection suggesting plastic deformation of the sediments. Seismicity, however, has not accompanied these observed water level changes.
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