Buoyancy driven gas liberation23 Feb 2024 11:26
As there seems to be some misunderstanding (wilful or otherwise) about flow data expectations, it's worth underling that the helium generation system assumed in this drill is a migratory one, based on two stages. The primary migration is driven under pressure, but the secondary migration is driven by gas buoyancy in groundwater. The liquid isn't supposed to be gushing from the well under deep pressure (like an imaginary Hollywood oil well), the gas is liberated/bubbling out of heated ground water levels in the well. It may then be trapped on the way up, if there are seals in porous layers (like a typical gas reservoir) and/or it may rise in the well directly from the carrier liquid (unlike a typical gas reservoir). The data analysis has to accommodate and model these complex interactions.