DFIT Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test

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. Monitoring continues to produce a pressure versus time plot that is analyzed to determine reservoir properties, formation pressure, and stress regime.

Geothermal Glossary

Word of the Week – Peak Load Generation

Word of the Week – Peak Load Generation

Peak Load Generation The amount of power required to maintain an electric grid for short-lived periods (e.g., morning, late afternoon and evening) in response to high demand. Thermal power plants that burn natural gas and hydroelectric dams are two common modes of...

Word of the Week – Perforation

Word of the Week – Perforation

Perforation The process of punching holes through the steel casing liner in a well in order to inject fluid into or produce fluid out of the reservoir rock. Perforations are achieved through deployment of a perforation gun, which is a string of explosive charges.

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