Earth Tidal Analysis At Raft River Geothermal Area (1980)

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

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Exploration Activity: Earth Tidal Analysis At Raft River Geothermal Area (1980)

Exploration Activity Details
Location	Raft River Geothermal Area
Exploration Technique	Earth Tidal Analysis
Activity Date	1980
Usefulness	not indicated
DOE-funding	Unknown

Exploration Basis

Determine the reservoir response to tidal and barometric effects

Notes

Porosity-total compressibility product evaluation based on tidal strain response compares favorably with results based on conventional pumping techniques. Analysis of reservoir response to barometric loading using Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) stochastic modeling appears also to have potential use for the evaluation of reservoir parameters.

References

• Hanson, J. M.   (29 May 1980) Reservoir response to tidal and barometric effects