| The Geysers Coring Project, Sonoma County, California, USA - Summary and Initial Results |
Jeffrey B. Hulen, Brian A. Koenig and Dennis L. Nielson |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
The Geysers steam field, coring, veins, fractures, porosity, carbonate dissolution |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing: A New Tool for Long-Term and Short-Term Temperature Monitoring in Boreholes |
Eckart Hurtig, Stephan Gross?wig and Katrin K¸hn |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
distributed fibre optic temperature sensing, fluid-logging, re-injection, down hole temperatur logging |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Achievement Ratio of Drilling Wells in the Kirishima Geothermal Field, Japan |
Makio Kodama and Kazunori Gokou |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
drilling cost, success ratio of wells, Japan |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Normalization of Temperature Effect at Geothermal Well Drilling |
Boris B. Kudryashov |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
thermal insulation of drill pipes, drilling fluid cooling |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Lightweight CO2-Resistant Cements for Geothermal Well Completions |
Lawrence E. Kukacka and Toshifumi Sugama |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
acid-based reactions, carbonation, chemically bonded cements, lighweight slurries, mechanical properties, microspheres |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Prospects of Geothermal Well Drilling by Melting Rocks |
Vladimir S. Litvinenko |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
rock melting, high temperature penetration, wellbore sealing |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Structural Models for the Analysis of Stresses in the Casings of Geothermal Wells |
Paolo Magneschi, Claudio Bagnoli, Alessandro Lazzarotto and Roberto Ricciardulli |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
casing stresses, well behavior, well structural analysis |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Failure Control of Drill String Components: Nondestructive Inspection |
Stefano Massei and Claudio Bianchi |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
drill pipe failure, drill pipe inspections |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| NEDO "Deep-seated Geothermal Resources Survey": A Link of Igneous, Metamorphic and Hydrothermal Processes |
Hirofumi Muraoka, Masahiko Yagi, Kasumi Yasukawa, Koichi Hisatani, Norio Doi and Shiniki MiyazaKi |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
Kakkonda geothermal field, neo-granitoid pluton, deep geothermal drilling, deep geothermal reservoir, geothermal model |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| The Use of Slim Hole Drilling Technology in the Hawaiian Scientific Observation Hole (SOH) Program: A Case History |
Harry J. Olson and John E. Deymonaz |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
slim hole drilling, core hole costs, Hawaii permits and regulations, assessment program, drilling results |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Control of Well KS-8 in the Kilauea Lower East Rift Zone |
Bill Rickard, B.J. Livesay, Bill Teplow, Steve Winters, Jerry Evanoff and W.T. Howard |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
blowout, well control, Hawaii |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| An Advanced Geothermal Drilling System |
John Rowley, Seiji Saito and Roy Long |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
drilling, system design, advanced system, dual-wall drillstring, reverse circulation, percussion drilling |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| MWD and Downhole Motor Performance in Very High Temperature Geothermal Wells in Kakkonda, Japan |
Seiji Saito |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
drilling, directional drilling, measurements while drilling (MWD), downhole drill motors, high temperature wells |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Advanced Drilling and Its Impact on Heat Mining |
Jefferson W. Tester, Robert M. Potter, Carl R. Peterson, Howard J. Herzog, John North and John E. Mock |
SECTION 5 - Drilling and Completion Technology |
drilling, heat mining, economics, advanced technology, drilling costs, hot dry rock |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| The Use of Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Hydrogen in Geothermal Studies in Iceland |
Amy Erla SveinbjˆrnsdÛttir, Sigf?s Johnsen and Stef·n ArnÛrsson |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
meteoric water line, climate rÈgimes, geohydrological models, geothermal waters |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Development of the Oguni Geothermal Field, Japan |
Makoto Abe, Mamoru Yamada, Yoshiyuki Kawano, Norifumi Todaka and Shigeo Tezuka |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
Oguni geothermal field, slim hole, carbonate scale, silica scale, plant design |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Gravity and Resistivity Surveys in Hydrothermal Modeling (S. Miguel - Azores) |
Andrade Afonso, Fernando Santos, Vitor Forjaz and Mendes Victor |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
?gua de Pau volcano, resistivity, gravity, geothermal model |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Evaluation of Geothermal Resources in the Chaves Region (North Portugal) |
Andrade Afonso, Mendes Victor, Portugal Ferreira, AndrÈ Dupis, LuÌs Aires Barros, Fernando Santos, AntÛnio Trota, JosÈ Mar |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
Chaves geothermal field, geology, geophysical techniques, fluid geochemistry, regional model |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Reservoir Characterization by Tracer Testing |
Serhat Akin and Ender Okandan |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
tracer, reservoir, simulation, software |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |
| Active Stress Field in the Geothermal Areas of Latium and Tuscany |
Alessandro Amato, Claudio Chiarabba, Paola Montone and Giorgio Buonasorte |
SECTION 4 ? Exploration and Conceptual Modeling |
in-situ stress, geothermal fields, central Italy |
World Geothermal Congress |
1995 |
English |