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Table 2 Key parameters of the two leak-off tests conducted in the geothermal well Bruchsal GB2 in 1984

From: Inferring the in situ stress regime in deep sediments: an example from the Bruchsal geothermal site

 

LOT-2023

LOT-2245

Depth

2,023 m

2,245 m

Formation

Middle Keuper

Middle Buntsandstein

Drilling mud density

1.11 g cm−3

1.05 g cm−3

Well-head pressure

9 MPa

4.5 MPa

LOP = Shmin magnitude

31.0 MPa

27.6 MPa

Shmin gradient

15.3 MPa km−1

12.3 MPa km−1

Shmin/Sv, ratio

0.64

0.52