Geothermal Energy resources are found in tens of thousands of locations, however not all locations are conveniently located close to suitable electrical utility grids with good feed-in tariffs. One option is to use the electricity to produce some form of Green Hydrogen for road, rail, or pipeline export to market. […]
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Potential for Geothermal, CCS, EOR/EGR, and Energy Storage End of life, depleted hydrocarbon, porous formations, either sedimentary or naturally fractured systems, are valuable assets with existing data and infrastructure potentially able to be repurposed for hybrid redevelopments. Additional value is able to be investigated and captured with potential combinations of […]
Another type of reservoir potentially able to be used to capture Geothermal Energy is naturally fractured geological systems. Significantly recognised for potential hydrocarbon production over the past decade, some of these reservoirs may have good effective permeability to be repurposed later to facilitate the circulation of heat transfer fluids for […]
An eye opening The Economist article perfectly matching our own research in current non ESG and high Polluting industries investment and debt raising patterns. Signficant non public investment will make matters worse for the #environment, #climatechange since no disclosure/reporting may lead to extraction of #hydrocarbons in ways which are more polluting. We very much agree with Larry […]
A good informative article by Stellae Energy’s Head of Subsurface David Pickering is reposted here. https://lnkd.in/gKYwVQmt O&G folks aren’t necessarily very familiar with SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, but they are an important concept for those working in geothermal / CCS and something with which they need to become comfortable. I have drawn a couple […]
The East African Rift System is a well known source of Geothermal Energy in Africa, but there is potential for low to medium enthalpy heat resources in more than 25# African countries associated with intrusive plutonic rock formations. Often these locations have been the site of shallow mineral exploration and […]
Another Geothermal Play example is Intrusive Rock as seen in NW Geysers in California. Significant deep heat resources that took some time to fully identify and evaluate in this underdeveloped area. Deepening two exploration wells and running a pilot development helped prove up these resources and open up the location […]
As Europe is facing high electricity costs and energy security issues, there is an economic, environmentally sustainable energy source beneath their feet – persistent Geothermal Energy. In addition to other good prospective locations in Western and Eastern Europe, there are two good basins in Germany – the Upper Rhine Graben […]
La Palma’s recent volcano reminded everyone of the geothermal energies below some volcanic islands. Nearby Tenerife has been explored and identified with geothermal potential. This flyer is about their neighbouring island Gran Canaria and how initial exploration has identified geothermal potential. Repsol recently announced its plans to investigate this potential […]
Geothermal Plays have been described, the types and methods of data collection listed, and the way assessments are performed explained. Here are some examples of the various types of Geothermal Plays, their geologic settings, heat sources and transport mechanisms, and their locations.
After identifying the type of Geothermal Play, and performing exploration to obtain data, we would be able to make an Assessment of the potential resource to see if it could be economically developed. With modern technologies and tools, there are tens of thousands of suitable locations available to help access […]
When evaluating a potential Geothermal Play reservoir, there are several aspects to be investigated: (1) Trap Integrity, (2) Geothermal Reservoir (properties), (3) Heat Flow, and (4) Structure. Data is measured at the Surface, in the Overburden, and in the Reservoir or Aquifer. The integration of this data and how it […]