| Title | Complex Feed Zone Observed at Wairakei |
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| Authors | Clotworthy, A. W. |
| Year | 1988 |
| Conference | New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
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| Abstract | A recent Wairakei well showed anomalous behaviour compared to other adjacent wells. The major feedzone(s) was marked by a deep, narrow temperature inversion with upflowing steam and downflowing liquid at different temperatures. The same phenomenon had been observed in a Philippine well. A similar mechanism may be responsible for this behaviour by two feed zones located in different types of reservoir. |