Research Article

Determination of Hydraulic Properties of a Large Self-Propped Hydraulic Fracture in the Geothermal Research Borehole Horstberg Z1 in the Northwest German Basin

Table 1

Parameter-values of the Solling and Detfurth sandstone layers. Central depth means depth of the middle of the sandstone layer. Depth means measured depth in the borehole. It differs by less than 1% from true vertical depth.

ParameterUnitSollingDetfurthReference

Central depthm36603785[7]
Thicknessm155[7]
Porosity%118.5[7]
Permeabilitym22·10-163·10-15[8]
Temperature°C144148[8]
Pore pressureBar584597[8]
Vertical stressBar860890[8]
Minimum horizontal stressBar650< 680[8, 9]
Effective min. Hor. StressBar66< 83After [8]