Drilling procedures, techniques and test results for a 3.7 km deep, 500°C exploration well, Kakkonda, Japan

Geothermics

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 573-590

  Saito, Seiji ^a   Sakuma, Sumio ^a   Uchida, Toshihiro ^b  

^a Japan Metals & Chemicals Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bit test; Borehole temperature; Geothermal drilling; Japan; Kakkonda; Mud cooler

Indexed keywords

BITS; BOREHOLES; CORE DRILLING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; WELL DRILLING;

MUD COOLERS;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

BOREHOLE; DRILLING; EXPLOITATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0344882580     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(98)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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