| Lost Circulation in Geothermal Wells: Research and Development Status at Sandia |
Caskey, Billy C.; Loeppke, Glen E.; Satrape, James V. |
Drilling; Lost circulation materials; Technical training; Re |
Drilling; Sandia; Lost Circulation Zone; LCM |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1985 |
English |
| Managing Geothermal Exploratory Drilling Risks: Drilling Geothermal Exploration and Delineation Wells with Small-Footprint, Highly-Portable Hydraulic Diamond Core Rigs |
Tuttle, John D.; Reilly, Steve; Combs, Jim; Welch, Virgil; Listi, Renan |
Drilling; Slimholes; Exploration; Risk management; Economics |
Drilling; Slimhole; Geothermal; Geothermal drilling; Core drilling; Coring; Exploration; Resource; Diamond coring; Drilling risks |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Feasibility of Spallation Drilling in a High Pressure, High-Density, Aqueous Environment: Characterization of Heat Transfer from an H2-O2 Flame Jet |
Augustine, Chad; Potter, Jared; Potter, Robert; Tester, Jefferson W. |
Drilling; Thermal spallation |
Drilling; spallation drilling, heat transfer, jets, impinging, high pressure |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2007 |
English |
| Structural Integrity of Well Cements |
Philippacopoulos, A. J.; Gutierrez, P.; Capuano, L.; Berndt, M. |
Drilling; Structural response; mechanical properties; cement |
Drilling; Structural response, mechanical properties, cements, P/T loads, finite element analysis |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Geothermal Investigation of the Lake District Ethiopia |
McEuen, Robert B.; Abakoyas, Jihad |
Drilling; Temperature gradients; Exploration; Geophysical su |
Drilling; T Grad Hole; Exploration; Geophysics; Gravity; Resistivity; Red Sea Rift; Gulf of Eden Rift; Main Ethiopian Rift; Ethiopia |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1977 |
English |
| In Situ Determination of Heat Flow in Unconsolidated Sediments |
Sass, J. H.; Kennelly, J. P., Jr.; Wendt, W. E.; Moses, T. H., Jr.; Ziagos, J. P. |
Well logging; Heat flow; Temperature gradients; Thermal cond |
Drilling; Through Bit; Conductivity; USA; Gradient Hole; Heat Source; Heat Flux; Temperature Gradient; Field Method; Bottom Hole Probe; Porosity; Thermal Disturbance; USGS |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1979 |
English |
| Case Study: Underbalanced or Mud Drilling Fluids at Tres Virgenes Geothermal Field |
Jaimes-Maldonado, J. Guillermo; Cornejo-Castro, Sergio |
Drilling; underbalanced; Drilling fluids; air/water; drillin |
Drilling; Tres Virgenes, underbalanced, mud, air/water, drilling fluids, water based, directional well, costs |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Results from the Averaging Model for Cuttings Transport in Horizontal Drilling |
Salazar-Mendoza, R.; Garcia-Gutierrez, A. |
Drilling; Two-phase; cuttings transport; solid-liquid flow; |
Drilling; Two-phase, cuttings transport, solid-liquid flow, drilling modeling, volume averaging |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Averaging Model for Cuttings Transport in Horizontal Drilling |
Salazar-Mendoza, R.; Espinosa-Paredes, G.; Garcia, A.; Cazarez-Candia, O.; Diaz, A.; Vazquez, A. |
Drilling |
Drilling; Two-Phase; Cutting Transport; Solid-Liquid Flow; Drilling Modeling; Volume Averaging |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| A New and Different Geothermal Drilling Fluids System |
Conners, James H., II; Otto, Michael J. |
Drilling; Drilling fluids |
Drilling; USA; California; East Brawley; Muds; Additives |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1980 |
English |
| Drilling Fluid/Formation Interaction at Simulated in Situ Geothermal Conditions |
Enniss, D. O.; Bergosh, J. L.; Butters, S. W.; Jones, A. H. |
Drilling; Drilling fluids; Formation damage; Permeability |
Drilling; USA; California; East Mesa; Mud; Drilling Medium; Additives |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1980 |
English |
| Drilling Geothermal Wells at The Geysers Field |
Pye, D. Stephen; Hamblin, Gerald M. |
Drilling |
Drilling; USA; California; Geysers |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1990 |
English |
| Drilling Fluid Formation Damage in Geothermal Wells |
Nicholson, Robert W. |
Drilling fluids; Drilling; Liquid dominated reservoirs; Form |
Drilling; USA; California; Imperial; Permeability |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1978 |
English |
| The Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project: Drilling Program Summary |
Harper, Charles A.; Rabb, David T. |
Operations management; Economics; Drilling; Drill bits; Lost |
Drilling; USA; California; Imperial; Salton Sea; Coring; Logging; Flow Tests; Bits; LCM; SSSDP |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1986 |
English |
| Fracture Imaging in Geothermal Systems |
Suemnicht, G. A.; Barton, C. A.; Lysne, P. |
Televiewers; Well logging; Fractures |
Drilling; USA; California; Imperial; Salton Sea; Stress Directions; Wellbore Geometry; Televiewers; Sandia National Laboratory; Breakouts |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1989 |
English |
| Geothermal Packers and Packer Elastomers |
Hirasuna, A. R.; Stephens, C. A. |
Packers; Durability testing; High temperature reservoirs; Pa |
Drilling; USA; California; Kern; Bakersfield; Seals; Testing |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1981 |
English |
| Development of Downhole Instruments for Use in the Salton Sea Scientific Drilling Project |
Carson, Charles C. |
Equipment design; Well logging; High temperature reservoirs |
Drilling; USA; California; Salton Sea; Kuster; Pressure; Flow Tests; Temperature; Hydrothermal; Logging; Heat Shielding; Well Tests; Reservoir Parameters; Sandia; US DOE; TFE-Teflon; Bourdon Tool |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1986 |
English |
| Extensive Coring in the Deep Hot Geothermal Wells |
Nicholson, Robert W. |
Core sampling; Directional drilling; Drill bits |
Drilling; USA; California; Salton Sea; Logging; Catches; Rotary; Directional Drilling; Bits; Hole Problems; Sepiolite Muds; Diamonds; Primary Problems; Hole Size; Logs; Polycrystalline Bits |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1986 |
English |
| Fracturing in The Northwest Geysers, Sonoma County, California |
Nielson, Dennis L.; Walters, Mark A.; Hulen, Jeffrey B. |
Exploration; Geological surveys; Fractures; Mapping; Core sa |
Drilling; USA; California; Sonoma; Geysers; Faults; Geologic Maps; Cores; Reservoir Models; Exploratory Well; Mineralization; Porosity; Reservoir Rock; Rose Diagrams; Dip Histogram; Prati 5; Prati 12 |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1991 |
English |
| Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Polyurethane Foam for Lost Circulation Control |
Glowka, David A.; Loeppke, Glen E.; Rand, Peter B.; Wright, Elton K. |
Drilling; Lost circulation materials; Polyurethane foam |
Drilling; USA; California; Sonoma; The Geysers; LCC; LCM; Lost Circulation Zone; Foam; Case Histories; Laboratory Tests; Field Tests |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1989 |
English |