Complex Feed Zone Observed at Wairakei
- Location
- Wairakei, New Zealand; Taupo Volcanic Zone
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1988
- Session
- Borehole, Feedzones
- Language
- English
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Abstract
A recent Wairakei well showed anomalous behaviour compared to other adjacent wells. The major feedzone(s) was marked by a deep, narrow temperature inversion with upflowing steam and downflowing liquid at different temperatures. The same phenomenon had been observed in a Philippine well. A similar mechanism may be responsible for this behaviour by two feed zones located in different types of reservoir.
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