| Title | Hot Fractured Rock Geothermal Development, Cooper Basin, Australia |
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| Authors | Phil Hutchings & D. Wyborn |
| Year | 2006 |
| Conference | New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
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| Abstract | Geodynamics is close to conclusion of Stage One of its Hot Fractured Rock geothermal program in Australiaís Cooper Basin. An injection well to 4,421 m has been drilled. This discovered very high overpressures in the HFR resource, equivalent to 345 bar at surface. The worldís largest enhanced geothermal reservoir was created by hydraulic stimulation. After initial successful flow testing, the project has been delayed by a blockage in the production well Habanero #2. Completion of Stage One is scheduled for 2007 after drilling of a third well, Habanero #3. |