The Tianjin geothermal field (north-eastern China): Water chemistry and possible reservoir permeability reduction phenomena

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-428

  Minissale, Angelo ^a   Borrini, Daniele ^b   Montegrossi, Giordano ^a   Orlando, Andrea ^a   Tassi, Franco ^b   Vaselli, Orlando ^a,b   Huertas, Antonio Delgado ^c   Yang, Jincheng ^d   Cheng, Wanquing ^d   Tedesco, Dario ^e,f   Poreda, Robert ^g  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d Aode Renewable Energy Research Institute   (China)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Reservoir permeability reduction; Self sealing; Stable isotopes; Tianjin; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CAPILLARITY; CARBONATE MINERALS; CORROSION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; FELDSPAR; FILTRATION; FLUIDS; GARNETS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); INSTALLATION; IRON; ISOTOPES; LIQUIDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANOCLAY; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PROCESSING; QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WELL FLOODING; WELLS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL-; CHINA; CORROSION PRODUCTS; DOWNHOLE PUMPS; EASTERN CHINA; FLUID COMPOSITION; FREE OXYGEN; GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; INJECTED FLUIDS; INJECTION WELLS; INJECTIVITY; MINERAL PHASES; RESERVOIR FORMATION; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; SEALING PROCESSES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SELF-SEALING; SILICA PRECIPITATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIANJIN; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

WATER INJECTION;

FORMATION WATER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESERVOIR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN;

EID: 50249144001     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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