Geothermal Workshops : the First Six Years

In t roduc t ion The F i r s t Stanford Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Workshop was convened i n December, 1975. Its success i n compiling t h e s c a t t e r e d information on geothermal rese r v o i r engineering r e s u l t e d i n i t s es tab l i shment as an annual event of t h e Stanford Geothermal Program. it is appropr ia te t o look back over t h e eff o r t s of t h e p a s t six years and t o eva lua te the o v e r a l l r e s u l t s . Three quest ions may be ra i sed : (1) A r e t h e Workshops achieving t h e same aims and ob jec t ives of t h e i n i t i a l m e e t ing? ; (2) What progress i n geothermal reserv o i r engineering has been achieved over these six years? ; and (3) Have t h e Workshops developed any s p e c i a l va lues of t h e i r own t h a t d i s t i n g u i s h them from o ther geothermal meetings?.