Analysis of Sweet Lake geopressured-geothermal aquifer [electronic resource].
- Published
- Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1982.
- Physical Description
- Pages: 261-268 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary
- The Sweet Lake geopressured-geothermal aquifer, located southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is modeled by a two-dimensional geopressured-geothermal simulator. This aquifer is a sandstone within the Frio formation at depths between 15,000 to 15,640 ft with a net porous thickness of 250 ft, a calculated in-situ permeability (from drawdown data) of 17 md, an estimated porosity of 24%, a uniaxial compaction coefficient of 4.5 x 10/sup -7/ psi/sup -1/ and a solution gas-water ratio of 11 SCF/STB all at the initial reservoir pressure of 12,060 psi. These parameters are typically pressure sensitive in geopressured-geothermal aquifers and are critically important to aquifer performance. Several simulation experiments are conducted which investigate the effects of varying initial values for these parameters with the experimentally determined values as means. The simulations give both optimistic and pessimistic expectations for aquifer performance. The expected life of the geopressured-geothermal well is reported for each simulation.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:sgp-tr-60
E 1.99: conf-821214-37
conf-821214-37
sgp-tr-60 - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Geopressured Systems
- Simulation
- Aquifers
- Brines
- Geothermal Fluids
- Louisiana
- Mathematical Models
- Natural Gas
- Parametric Analysis
- Permeability
- Porosity
- Sedimentary Basins
- Two-Dimensional Calculations
- Energy Sources
- Energy Systems
- Federal Region Vi.
- Fluids
- Fossil Fuels
- Fuel Gas
- Fuels
- Gas Fuels
- Gases
- Geologic Structures
- North America
- Usa
- Geothermal Legacy
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1982.
"sgp-tr-60"
" conf-821214-37"
"DE83015865"
8. geothermal reservoir engineering workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, 14 Dec 1982.
Peters, E.; Dorfman, M.; Sepehrnoori, K.; Andrade, M.; Rago, F.; Ohkuma, H.
Univ. of Texas, Austin - Funding Information
- AC08-79ET27112
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