Deep Permeable Strata Geothermal Energy (DPSGE): Tapping giant heat reservoirs within deep sedimentary basins an example from permian basin carbonate strata

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 327-331

  Erdlac Jr , Richard J ^a   Swift, Douglas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^b Swift Arrow Geological Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power; Exploration; Geothermal; Geothermal gradient; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE TEMPERATURE (BHT); GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BRINES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 17644427302     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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