Modeling Highly Buoyant Flows in the Castel Giorgio: Torre Alfina Deep Geothermal Reservoir

Figure 8

Evolution of well pressures during the exploitation process simulation at 2 selected production (CG2 and CG3, see Figure 1) and 2 injection (CG14A and CG14B, see Figure 1) wells: (a) and (b) refer to the 50-year simulation time and (c) and (d) to the 10,000-year recovering time. The initial 500 years are shown in the full simulation time plots ((c) and (d)) as full recovery is reached. This allows better visualization of the transition between the field exploitation and the quick reestablishment of the initial undisturbed pressures.

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