Estimation of unperturbed formation temperatures of geothermal reservoirs by mud temperature logs taken while drilling a geothermal well (inverse problem)

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 575-579

  Ramos Alcantara J R ^a   Vazquez Rodriguez A ^b   Salazar Mendoza, R ^c   Cazarez Candia, O ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Formation temperature; Inverse problem; Method of volume averaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WELL DRILLING;

CONTROL LAW; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; METHOD OF VOLUME AVERAGING; VOLUME AVERAGING DARCY MODEL;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 32644440431     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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