New data reduction tools and their application to the Geysers Geothermal field

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 637-642

  Ali Khan, M ^a   Estabrook, Rich ^b  

^a Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction; Decline curve; Injection; Production; Superheat; The Geysers; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DATA REDUCTION; GEYSERS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL GAS; PRODUCTION; SET THEORY; SPREADSHEETS; SUPERHEATERS; VISUALIZATION;

DECLINE CURVES; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION PROBLEMS; THE GEYSERS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745206046     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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