Initial Flow Testing of the Phase II Reservoir, Redrilling of EE-2, and Static Reservoir Pressure Testing

The demonstration of flow connectivity between the redrilled EE-3A wellbore and the EE-2 reservoir zone (Expts. 2059 and 2062) made it clear that a viable HDR system had finally been established, although that stage of the Fenton Hill HDR Project took about 5 years (1980–1985)—much longer than originally anticipated. Throughout that period, Germany and Japan contributed both funds and manpower to the effort. The Germans withdrew from the Project at the end of 1985, but the Japanese maintained a presence through the following year. In early 1986, they began pressing strongly for the thermal and flow characteristics of the HDR system to be evaluated.