| Title | Targeting faults with geothermal wells – why bother? |
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| Authors | P. White |
| Year | 2024 |
| Conference | New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
| Keywords | Fault, targeting, geothermal, wells, Lidar |
| Abstract | The principal objectives in drilling geothermal wells are generally to obtain permeability (injection wells), or permeability plus temperature (production wells). A significant number of exploration and production wells are unsuccessful, and that is often because they do not find sufficient permeability. Targeting faults can increase the overall success rate, and increase the productivity of individual wells, if the faults are accurately located and the local tectonics are properly understood. |