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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-953-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-953-2018
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Research article
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23 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 23 Jul 2018
| 23 Jul 2018
From oil field to geothermal reservoir: assessment for geothermal utilization of two regionally extensive Devonian carbonate aquifers in Alberta, Canada
Leandra M. Weydt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geothermal Science and Technology, Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 9, 64287 Darmstadt,
Germany
Claus-Dieter J. Heldmann
Department of Geothermal Science and Technology, Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 9, 64287 Darmstadt,
Germany
Hans G. Machel
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E3, Canada
Ingo Sass
Department of Geothermal Science and Technology, Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 9, 64287 Darmstadt,
Germany
Darmstadt Graduate School of Excellence Energy Science and
Engineering, Jovanka-Bontschits-Straße 2, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Lab-Scale Permeability Enhancement by Chemical Treatment in Fractured Granite (Cornubian Batholith) for the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power Project, Cornwall (UK) K. Schulz et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12010035
- Regional carbon capture and storage opportunities in Alberta, Canada K. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124224
- Petrophysical and mechanical rock property database of the Los Humeros and Acoculco geothermal fields (Mexico) L. Weydt et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-571-2021
- Heat transition for major communities supported by geothermal energy development of the Alberta Basin, Canada J. Majorowicz & S. Grasby https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.101883
- Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of Geothermal Water in Ancient Deeply Buried Hills in the Northern Jizhong Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China M. Yu et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15223881
- Geothermal potential of karstified Devonian carbonates in NW Germany M. Heinelt et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2025.103552
- Integrated modeling for geothermal exploration: A numerical study leveraging legacy data from a mature hydrocarbon field K. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2026.214593
- Numerical modeling of a coaxial borehole heat exchanger to exploit geothermal energy from abandoned petroleum wells in Hinton, Alberta X. Hu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.09.141
- Petrophysical characterization of the Los Humeros geothermal field (Mexico): from outcrop to parametrization of a 3D geological model L. Weydt et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-022-00212-8
- Regulatory and economic challenges in the production of geothermal brine from a mature oil field D. Karasalihović Sedlar et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2022.2097336
- Thermophysical rock properties of the crystalline Gonghe Basin Complex (Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet-Plateau, China) basement rocks S. Weinert et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-8808-9
- Geothermal play typing in Germany, case study Molasse Basin: a modern concept to categorise geothermal resources related to crustal permeability I. Moeck et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2019.12
- Deep Geothermal Heating Potential for the Communities of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin J. Majorowicz & S. Grasby https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030706
- Phenomenological model of an open-type geothermal system on the basis of oil-and-gas well M. Fyk et al. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020101035
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Short summary
This study focuses on the assessment of the geothermal potential of two extensive upper Devonian aquifer systems within the Alberta Basin (Canada). Our work provides a first database on geothermal rock properties combined with detailed facies analysis (outcrop and core samples), enabling the identification of preferred zones in the reservoir and thus allowing for a more reliable reservoir prediction. This approach forms the basis for upcoming reservoir studies with a focus on 3-D modelling.
This study focuses on the assessment of the geothermal potential of two extensive upper Devonian...
