| Title | Reservoir Engineering of Wairakei Geothermal Field |
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| Authors | M. A. Grant |
| Year | 1988 |
| Conference | Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
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| Abstract | Wairakei was the first liquid dominated geothermal field exploited for major power production. As such many decisions were taken on an ad-hoc or experimental basis. In retrospect the choice of Wairakei was fortunate : with extensive shallow high permeability and major recharge it is an easy field to exploit. This lecture describes the history of the field and the contribution of reservoir engineering to field management, and describes the reservoir as it is now understood. |