The Massive Hydraulic Fracture of Fenton Hill HDR Well EE-3
- Key words
- Hot Dry Rock; Research Agencies; Hydraulic Fracturing; Injection Well; Multi Well; Seismicity; Fenton Hill; LANL
- Location
- Fenton Hill, New Mexico; Valles Caldera, New Mexico
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1985
- Session
- HDR/EGS; Hydraulic fracturing; Microseismicity
- Language
- English
Abstract
Subsequent to a 5.6 millions gallon massive hydraulic fracturing (MHF) experiment in Fenton Hill Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Well EE-2, a 2 million gallon MHF was planned for Well EE-3. Although EE-3 was not established during the initial MHF, a large reservoir was created around ee-2 which seemed to be in proximity with EE-3. The objective of this 2nd MHF was two fold, to test the reservoir and seismic characteristics of the ee-3 openhole region from 11,390-11,770 ft and to drive fractures into the fractured region created earlier by the EE-2 MHF experiment. This paper discusses well repairs to prepare EE-3 for the MHF, the pumping operations, and injection parameters and briefly summarizes seismic results.
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