early exploration of the aluto geothermal field, ethiopia (history of discovery well la-3)：（的早期探索aluto地热田,埃塞俄比亚(洛杉矶3)发现的历史）.pdfVIP

Geothermics 66 (2017) 73–84 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Geothermics j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l sev ier.co m /lo cate /geothermics Early exploration of the Aluto geothermal field, Ethiopia (History of discovery well LA-3) Manfred P. Hochstein a,∗ , Befekadu Oluma b , Hagen Hole c a School of Environment, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand b Geosciences Data Directorate, Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia c Geothermal Consultants NZ Limited, 32 Raymond Terrace, Auckland 0637, New Zealand a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The Aluto geothermal prospect, located in the Southern part of the Ethiopian Rift valley, hosts two large Received 7 September 2016 areas with thermal manifestations (c. 30–40 km2 each), one on top of the Aluto volcanic complex with Received in revised form widespread, weak fumarole activity and another thermal area, 10 km to the south, discharging thermal 11 November 2016 waters at the Northern shore of Lake Langano. A project (ETH/78/007) with the Ethiopian Government, Accepted 13 November 2016 Available online 22 November 2016 EEC, and UNDP, was signed in 1978 supporting further exploration and drilling of deep exploratory wells. The first well (LA-1), with T of 85 ◦ C at 1.3 km depth, was sited outside the volcanic complex on flat ground, N of Lake Langano