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Scale
Refers to deposition of minerals (e.g., calcite, silica, anhydrite, clays) in the well and reservoir that reduce permeability and block fluid channels.
Geothermal Glossary
Word of the Week – Numerical Modeling
Numerical Modeling Application of computational methods to solve complex problems that predict the behavior or the outcome of a real-world or physical system that evolves in space and time.
Word of the Week – Normal Fault
Normal Fault High angle fault that results from extensional stress and forms a steeply dipping planar structure. Slip movement during an earthquake is vertical and down dip. The down-dropped block is called the hanging wall and the uplifted block is called the...
Word of the Week – Packers and Plugs
Packers and Plugs Downhole devices emplaced into a well to seal zones and intervals so they can be pressurized by pumping fluid from the surface in order to stimulate fractures at a specified location. They are designed for temporary and permanent deployments,...