Initial Calculations of Performance for an Australian Hot Dry Rock Reservoir
- Key words
- Australia, geothermal, hot dry rock, HDR, stress field, analysis, finite element
- Location
- Australia
- Conference
- World Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 2000
- Session
- Advanced Technologies (HDR, Magma, Geopressure)
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- R0197
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Abstract
Australia has the potential for a large Hot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal resource. The large scale of the resource stems from the thermal blanketing of sedimentary basins and high heat-producing basement rocks. The crustal-shortening stress regime should result in favourable reservoir orientations (horizontal or sub-horizontal), at the expense of requiring high stimulation pressures. The ease of drilling through sedimentary basins and the anticipated reservoir orientation should reduce drilling costs. If favourable stimulation is achieved, the useful production life of repeating well cells should exceed 20 years.
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