CFE-DOE Agreement for the Study of Mexican Geothermal Fields: Summary of Activities
- Key words
- Exploration; Reservoir Engineering; Research Agencies; Mexico; Los Azufres; Cerro Prieto; Volcanics; Fluid Inclusions; Geology; Hydrology; Geophysics; Geochemistry; Spontaneous Potential; Permeability; Reservoir Pressure; DOE; CFE; Resistivity; Aeromagnet
- Location
- Cerro Prieto, Mexico; Los Azufres, Mexico
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1990
- Session
- Exploration; News briefs
- Language
- English
Abstract
The Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is the public utility in Mexico in charge of electric energy service, as well as harnessing geothermal resources. An agreement of mutual benefit to achieve a thorough understanding of the nature of geothermal reservoirs was signed on April 17, 1986 with the United State Department of Energy (DOE). The major objective of this agreement was to investigate how geothermal resources can best be explored and exploited. The duration of the agreement was for 3 years, but as happens in many long term research programs, new topics and problems appear. Thus an extension of 5 years was foreseen. A brief discussion on the results of the main task is presented in this paper, as well as of the new tasks and scopes for the 5 year extension of the agreement.
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