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Table 5 Summary of the average dry, water-saturated (wet), and brine-saturated (brine) uniaxial compressive strength experiments performed on the six sandstones sampled from exploration well EPS-1 at the Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal site (France)
Sample box number | Average dry UCS (MPa) | Average wet UCS (MPa) | Average brine UCS (MPa) | Average dry elastic modulus (GPa) | Average wet elastic modulus (GPa) | Average brine elastic modulus (GPa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
84 | 146.2 | 90.0 | 94.3 | 26.9 | 21.6 | 24.6 |
100 | 142.7 | 106.8 | 94.2 | 27.8 | 25.5 | 25.0 |
157 | 103.1 | 75.1 | 90.1 | 29.5 | 24.6 | 28.4 |
198 | 116.5 | 88.8 | 95.1 | 30.9 | 27.5 | 27.9 |
402 | 90.0 | 60.5 | 63.0 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 19.5 |
540 | 64.4 | 40.9 | 39.4 | 16.4 | 13.7 | 13.2 |