System and method for harvesting geothermal energy from a subterranean formation
AssigneeColorado School of Mines
InventorWilliam W. Fleckenstein
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AssigneeColorado School of Mines
InventorWilliam W. Fleckenstein
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A system and method of harvesting geothermal energy in a subterranean formation includes providing an injection wellbore that extends into the subterranean formation, positioning a plurality of selectively opening sleeves in the injection wellbore spaced apart the subterranean formation, providing at least one producing wellbore that extends into the subterranean formation in a predetermined location proximate to the injection wellbore, and fracturing the subterranean formation in a plurality of locations proximate to the plurality of selectively opening sleeves to enhance a fluid pathway between the injection wellbore and the at least one producing wellbore. Fluid is injected down the injection wellbore at a first temperature, and the fluid is produced from the at least one producing wellbore at a second temperature higher than said first temperature.
A method of harvesting a fluid from a subterranean formation, comprising:
A method of harvesting a fluid from a subterranean formation, comprising:
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