USA, Oregon:

Looking Ahead at Newberry EGS Demonstration (AltaRock)

Frozen over except where hot springs bubble to the
surface and warm the water, East Lake on Newberry
Volcano quietly waits for summer visitors to return.
(Courtesy AltaRock)

We’ve wrapped up and winterized the Newberry EGS field site for the coming months, and with that in mind we wanted to fill you in on the results of last field season’s well logging activities and AltaRock’s plans for future work to keep the project moving forward.

Analysis of the 2012 stimulation results indicated that further stimulation of the reservoir would be needed to ensure the reservoir is large enough to be economically viable. Next summer, we’ll rig up the injection pumps used during stimulation last year and re-stimulate to increase the size of the deep reservoir.

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