Design and evaluation of well placement and hydraulic stimulation for economical heat recovery from enhanced geothermal systems

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 226-231

  Shaik, Abdul Ravoof ^a   Koh, Joshua ^a   Rahman, Sheik S ^a   Aghighi, Mohammad A ^a   Tran, Nam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; EVALUATION TOOL; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE NETWORK; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOTHERMAL INDUSTRY; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HEAT RECOVERY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; HYDRAULICALLY INDUCED FRACTURES; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTIVITY; NATURAL FRACTURE; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; POROELASTIC; PRESSURE LOSS; RESERVOIR MODELS; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SHORT CIRCUITING; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; WELL PLACEMENT;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRESSURIZATION; WASTE HEAT; WATER INJECTION;

WELL STIMULATION;

EID: 77952629087     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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