DECADE OF GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 1974-1984: A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE. PART 3: PROGRESS IN EXPERIMENTAL GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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8746574

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

DECADE OF GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 1974-1984: A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE. PART 3: PROGRESS IN EXPERIMENTAL GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES

Author(s)

Beeland, G

Year

1985

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Page Numbers

27-33

Language

English

Abstract

The federal geopressured geothermal research and development (R and D) program which began in 1974 is reviewed. The research program has established that: the quantity of thermal energy in the U. S. Gulf Coast is large; it is possible to find such reservoirs as drilling targets using geophysical logs from previously drilled wells, it is possible to adapt U. S. petroleum industry drilling and production technology to the production of geopressured brines. The future steps in R and D include experimental power generation, continuation of high-rate flow testing of geopressured wells; hot dry rock experiment; and magma energy extraction.