Thermal Fracturing of Well H-40, Los Humeros Geothermal Field
- Key words
- Los Humeros; Thermal Fracturing; Injection Tests; Well Stimulation
- Location
- Los Humeros, Mexico
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2008
- Session
- Well stimulation; Well testing; Pressure transient analysis
- Language
- English
Abstract
Well H-40 was drilled for production in 1997, but the well was not able to sustain flow. After it was monitored to assess its injection capacity, the well was changed to an injection well, but the well did not accept more than 5 tons of fluid per hour (t/h). The well was stimulated by thermal fracturing in three tests made in October 2005. As a result, the well accepted up to 110t/h and can be used as an injection well.
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