Hot dry rock research experiments at Fjallbacka, Sweden

Geothermics

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 617-625

  Wallroth, Thomas ^a,b   Eliasson, Thomas ^a,c   Sundquist, Ulf ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b BERGAB Consulting Geologists   (Sweden)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fjallbacka; HDR; Hot dry rock; Microseismicity; Stimulation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

FLOW RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; HOT DRY ROCK RESERVOIRS; HYDRAULIC STIMULATION; HYDRAULICALLY ACTIVE FRACTURES; MICROSEISMICITY; SWEDEN;

HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HOT DRY ROCK;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033408393     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(99)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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