Reservoir Technology Research at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
- Key words
- Reservoir Engineering; Well Testing; Injection; Fluid and Heat Flow; Fracture Flow; Fractures; Heat Transfer; Modeling; Reservoir Models
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1987
- Session
- Hydrogeology; Fluid dynamics; Injection; Reservoir cooling;
- Language
- English
Abstract
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) has been conducting geothermal reservoir research and testing sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) since 1983. The INEL research program is primarily aimed at the development of reservoir engineering techniques for fractured geothermal reservoirs. Numerical methods have been developed which allow the simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in complex fractured reservoirs. Sensitivity studies have illustrated the importance of incorporation the influence of fractures in reservoir simulations. Related efforts include fracture characterization, geochemical reaction kinetics and field testing.
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