Permeability Enhancement Using High Energy Gas Fracturing
- Conference
- Stanford Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1986
- Session
- Geoscience
- Language
- English
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Abstract
This paper reports the results of a preliminary study of using High Energy Gas Fracturing (HEGF) techniques for geothermal well stimulation. Experiments conducted in the G-tunnel complex at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) showed that multiple fractures could be created in water-filled boreholes using HEGF. Therefore, the method is potentially useful for geothermal well stimulation.
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