Injectivity Test At Steamboat Springs Area (Combs, Et Al., 1999)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Injectivity Test At Steamboat Springs Area (Combs, Et Al., 1999)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Steamboat Springs Area
Exploration Technique	Injectivity Test
Activity Date
Usefulness	not indicated
DOE-funding	Unknown

Notes

Part of the injection testing used downhole packers for isolating various zones and evaluating their permeability. By running the packers into the hole on N-rod ( 2.75"+K610 OD), the annulus was roughly the same cross-sectional area as the inside of the pipe. It was then possible to inject into either the zone above the packer or the one below, and compare the infectivity of those intervals.

References

• Jim Combs, John T. Finger, Colin Goranson, Charles E. Hockox Jr., Ronald D. Jacobsen, Gene Polik (1999) Slimhole Handbook- Procedures And Recommendations For Slimhole Drilling And Testing In Geothermal Exploration