Onsite experimental simulation of brine injection into a clastic reservoir as applied to geothermal exploitation in Germany

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-490

  Kühn, Michael ^a   Vernoux, Jean F ^b   Kellner, Torsten ^c   Isenbeck Schröter, Margot ^d   Schulz, Horst D ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c Geothermie Neubrandenburg GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE SAMPLES; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PETROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WELL FLOODING;

BRINE INJECTION; CLASTIC RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL EXPLOITATION; GERMANY; THERMAL WATER;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

BRINE INJECTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PERMEABILITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0345487560     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(97)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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