Geothermal energy production utilizing abandoned oil and gas wells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-85

  Bu, Xianbiao ^a,b   Ma, Weibin ^a,b   Li, Huashan ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned oil wells; Direct heating; Geothermal energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIRECT HEATING; FINANCIAL REWARDS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HEAT EXCHANGE; HOT WATER; MAIN PARAMETERS; OIL AND GAS WELL; OPTIMUM VALUE; PARAMETRIC STUDY;

DROPS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ABANDONED WELLS;

ABANDONED LAND; GAS WELL; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; OIL WELL;

EID: 84155164044     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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