Muang rae geothermal system: Drilling and borehole geophysics, 1000-m core hole into granitic rock, amphoe pai, mae hong son province, northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Spencer H. Wood, Kriangsak Pirarai, Aranya Fuangswasdi, Wiboon Kaentao, Albert Waibel, Fongsaward S. Singharajwarapan
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences; Energy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85018580209&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/55660
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

In 2015, a 1-km core hole was drilled into granitic rock at the Muang Rae geothermal area. Previous drilling in 1993 to 200 m was unsuccessful in obtaining flows, but one of the "dry" wells began flowing in August, 2013 at 9.75 L/s of 96.9°C water from a fracture zone 80 m deep. In the san...