Combs Goranson

Evaluation Using and Injection nata Holes and Wells at

Hills Field,

Colin
Geological Engineering Cnn Rich California

ABSTRACT

Slim (7-cm) and

wclls, have been drilled tested at Hills
Field k m south
slim drilled, prior and
well drilling, to subsurface geologic
conditions. thermal regime, and productive of'
through The geothermal
rcscrvoir shallow
liquid-dominated highly-fractured
injection tests were the
whilc
logs. The discharge on were
and 4.7 while on corresponding
within o f each liquid
tlow 76
and Hills
Field that it pussiblr the
production wells slim
holes. well drilling
production wells
I
than for

parr
A r e a which
Area Figurc location the t

Hilts
is
slim-hole drilling program i n this paper
designed whether productive fluids could
depths suitable f o r pumping at
principally E. temperatures nccdcd for electrical power by FWC at
studies of Springs geothermal area in 1945 and 111 power
through anti and White, binary-type. units. assigned
White. el al.. its genthernial lease fur
project (see Figure
dcvclopment the Steamboat arca The the slim Figure wcrc chosen to
in the used fluids a series northwest and
bot discharge for heated and The surface air
first drilled in a one later confirmed during (van de
mile Kamp. 199 I The 1, were
powcr (see Figure A chronological drilled arid during to the geologic
development geothermal power plant the thermal productive the
presented liquid-dominated in
baaed work by and the Hills. during the last of with
support of Energy through
Laboratories, slim were injection
Since the in and while running
is the cost logs.
would he to slim with
for rig drill
In major holes. drilling
lor holes is reservoir data acreage that would
of consist with
he used the the rig order t o obtain
drilling that had bccn
reservoir is the existing
on acreage. core rig
widely for to drill aiid s i m p l e s under
loss

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A description of the geologic and

hydrothermal beyond of paper.
a general and of
Steamboat Hills is provided the work of
de K a m p (1991). The geology
initially mapped by
White, et the

Figure 2. production and injection

Hills

the
The
system covers and
fumaroles wiih The
genthernial fluid in
I
are from a dcpth of
All produced fluid back into

The oldest prevent

geothermal of
to K O Ma. Younger
rocks. rocks
overlie the and in
apparent A
major ihe bv well? the
The no intrinsic nor i s
appreciable rock matrix porosity. Thcreforc. granodiorite
fluid capacity fluid wirhin the
The is hard
only slightly altered to chlorite and minerals with abundant
located within
there an of and fracturing
much Iater hy
In the later stage of fracturing;
filling of fractures with chlorite, and minor

The setting the northeastern Hill?.which is

of the larger block.
i n detail hy de existing
mountainous topography i n
Tertiary and times the Hills were
rclative to thr
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were
the
the -
-
calculation o f the m i n i m u m reservoir on the order
essentially, Temperature
the fluid e x i t e d rhc
wellbore unknown. It that Spinner
in vicinity very high 50 75 100 150 175

the
wellbore during the tcst Table
started a t a rate 3 injection
to rhe and was then
1I after
injection. In at tlic of the test,
initial temperature aftcr
thni f l u i d I S
1 data
that the IS
rescrvoir fluid frnrn 175111 through
bottom

During the of injection rests fluids 300

I'TS run rhrough 0.0 3.0 5.0
the that while
running the during ttic Pressure
the
could to bottom While
I to
11 flowing
while
hole, that
tlic of
occurring and iiow
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160
140
8 120

6
80
4 60
40
2
20

Temperature
50 150 200
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d

E
150

a
200

250

3.0 4.0

Pressure
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