Initial Measurements of Petrophysical Properties on Rocks from the Los Azufres , Mexico , Geothermal Field
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Petrophysical properties of geothermal reservoir rocks are valuable information for many activities, including reservoir characterization, modelling, field test analysis and planning of exploitation techniques. Petrophysical data of rocks from geothermal reservoirs located in volcanic areas is in general very scarce. In particular, no petrophysical data of rocks from the Los Azufres geothermal field area has ever been published.
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