Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Reservoir Fracturing Initial Field Operations -- 1982
- Key words
- Hot Dry Rock; USA; New Mexico; Fenton Hill; Crystalline Granite Rock; Hydraulic Fracturing; Breakdown Pressure; Seismic Monitoring; Retrievable Packers; Loss Circulation; Fracture Gradient
- Location
- Fenton Hill, New Mexico; Valles Caldera, New Mexico
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1983
- Session
- HDR/EGS; Hydraulic fracturing; Well testing
- Language
- English
Abstract
Initial fracturing operations were conducted during 1982 to create a hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal reservoir at the Los Alamos Fenton Hill site. A preliminary work over / cleaning operation in November - December 1981 had cleared the injecting well, EE-2, and a detailed, comprehensive plan was prepared to accomplish the objective of hydraulically connecting the injection and production wells.
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