Estimating water saturation at the Geysers based on historical pressure and temperature production data and by direct measurement

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 715-726

  Reyes, Jericho L P ^a   Li, Kewen ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geysers; In situ water saturation

Indexed keywords

BEAM HARDENING EFFECTS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; IN-SETU WATER SATURATION; X-RAY BEAM-HARDENING EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SCANNING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER; WELLS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GEYSERS;

EID: 4143090294     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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