Slim Holes At Newberry Caldera Area (Combs, Et Al., 1999)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

Exploration Activity: Slim Holes At Newberry Caldera Area (Combs, Et Al., 1999)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Newberry Caldera Area
Exploration Technique	Slim Holes
Activity Date
Usefulness	useful
DOE-funding	Unknown

 

Notes

Negotiations with California Energy Company, Incorporated (CECI), which owns leases in the Newberry KGRA led to an agreement for a cost-shared exploratory drilling project on CECI'Slease. In return for the cost-share, Sandia was to receive testing, production and cost data from the slhnholes and from the production wells drilled nearby, giving a direct comparison of productivity predicted from tests on the slimholes and that achieved by the actual production wells. Since locations, depths and lithology are also similar, there would also be a close comparison of drilling costs.

 

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