Title:

Optimizing Reinjection Strategy at Palinpinon, Philippines, Based on Chloride Data

Authors:

M.E.G. Urbino and R.N. Horne

Geo Location:

Palinpinon, Philippines; Negros

Conference:

Stanford Geothermal Workshop

Year:

1991

Session:

Modeling

Language:

English

File Size:

772KB

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Abstract:

One of the guidelines established for the safe and efficient management of the Palinpinon Geothermal Field is to adopt a production and weU utilization strategy such that the rapid rate and magnitude of reinjection fluid returns leading to premature thermal breakthrough would be minimized. To help achieve this goal, sodium fluorescein and radioactive tracer tests have been conducted to determine the rate and extent of communication between the reinjection and producing sectors of the field. The first objective of this paper is to show how the results of these tests, together with information on field geometry and operating conditions were used in algorithms developed in Operations Research to allocate production and reinjection rates among the different Palinpinon wells. Due to operational and economic constraints, such tracer tests were very limited in number and scope. This prevents obtaining information on the explicit interaction between each reinjection well and the producing wells. Hence, the chloride value of the producing well, was tested to determine if use of this parameter would enable identifying fast reinjection paths among different production/reinjection well pairs. The second aim, therefore, of this paper is to show the different methods of using the chloride data of the producing wells and the injection flow rates of the reinjection wells to provide a ranking of the pair of wells and, thereby, optimize the reinjection strategy of the field.


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