Oil and gas expertise for geothermal exploitation - The need for technology transfer

70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2008: Leveraging Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 900-914

  Falcone, Gioia ^a   Teodoriu, Catalin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENGINEERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASOLINE; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; GEOTHERMAL EXPLOITATION; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR FRACTURING; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SCENARIOS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 71049189659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113852-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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