A history of numerical modelling of the Wairakei geothermal field

Geothermics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-168

  O'Sullivan, Michael J ^a   Yeh, Angus ^a   Mannington, Warren I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Geothermal Reservoir Engineer   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Geothermal; History matching; Mass and heat flow; New Zealand; Reservoir modelling; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER;

GEOTHERMAL; HISTORY MATCHING; MASS AND HEAT FLOW; NEW ZEALAND; RESERVOIR MODELLING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL POWER; HEAT FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIRAKEI;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 60349122020     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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