Epidote

Alumino-silicate hydrothermal mineral having a distinctive yellow-green color that is used a mineral geothermometer, forming at temperatures above ~230°C. The first down hole occurrence of epidote commonly coincides with the top of a high-temperature geothermal reservoir where it is hosted by igneous rocks.

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Word of the Week – Cyclone Separator

Word of the Week – Cyclone Separator

Cyclone Separator A large cylindrical vessel attached to two-phase production pipelines in geothermal fields that is used to separate dry steam from a fast-moving two-phase fluid. Steam...

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Word of the Week – DAS

Word of the Week – DAS

DAS Distributed Acoustic Sensor. Involves the deployment of fiber optic cable on the surface or in a well, and the detection of small variations in the refractive index of the fiber based...

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Word of the Week – DFIT

Word of the Week – DFIT

DFIT Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test. A subsurface well test in which pressure is monitored as a small volume of fluid is injected into a reservoir to develop a hydraulic fracture....

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