Author(s)

Siomara López-Blanco, Alfonso Aragón-Aguilar, Víctor Arellano-Gómez, Georgina Izquierdo-Montalvo, Sócrates Santoyo-Gutiérrez, Abel Hernández-Ochoa

Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, Reforma 113, Col. Palmira, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Universidad Popular de la Chontalpa, Carr. Cárdenas-Huimanguillo km. 2.0, Cárdenas Tabasco, México.

A review of the art state was developed about the inflow relationships and their application for reservoir characterization. The theoretical development of the methodology for determining the damage effect using type-curves of the inflow relationships was shown. We show the process followed for achieve the geothermal type-curve affected with damage for reservoirs with mean salinities of 30000 ppm and temperatures up to 350℃. This type-curve was applied using measurement production data in a Mexican geothermal field. According with the obtained results is shown that the methodology for determining the damage effect using production measurements is a sure alternative for the damage effect calculation. It was used an alternative methodology in order to validate the damage presence and the obtained results were consistent. Last thing shows that both methodologies can be combined as a confident manner.

Geothermal Reservoir; Inflow Performance Relationships; Type-Curves; Damage Effect; Well Production; Mass Flow Rate; Output Curves

S. López-Blanco, A. Aragón-Aguilar, V. Arellano-Gómez, G. Izquierdo-Montalvo, S. Santoyo-Gutiérrez and A. Hernández-Ochoa, "A Review of Geothermal Type-Curves with Damage Effect: A Case of Practical Apply to a Mexican Geothermal Field," International Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2012, pp. 591-600. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2012.33059.