Open AccessData Review of the Hot Dry Rock Project at Fenton Hill, New Mexico
Author(s) -
GeothermEx, Inc.
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/7511
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , renewable energy , resource (disambiguation) , range (aeronautics) , geothermal energy , environmental science , earth science , mining engineering , engineering , geology , computer science , paleontology , aerospace engineering , electrical engineering , computer network
This report reviews the data collected during the hot dry rock experimental project conducted by the US Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory at Fenton Hill, New Mexico from about 1971 through 1995. Five main categories of data were reviewed: (1) geologic data; (2) flow test data; (3) reservoir modeling data; (4) chemical tracer data; and (5) seismic data. The review determines the important data sets from the project, determines where and how these data are stored, and evaluates whether further analyses of the data might be likely to yield additional information valuable to the geothermal industry or to the further development of enhanced geothermal systems