Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties

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This project updates the geothermal resources beneath our oil and gas fields, as part of the research for the Texas GEO project. This report "Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties" (October 2020) improves on previous mapping of the Texas resources for the counties of Crockett (West Texas), Jackson (central Gulf Coast) and Webb (South Texas). Through additional bottom-hole temperatures (BHT), the number of well sites increased from 532 to 5,410 in total for these counties. The improved methodology to calculate formation temperatures from 3.5 km (11,500 ft) to 10 km (32,800 ft) includes thermal conductivity values more closely related to the actual county geological formations, incorporated radiogenic heat production of formations, and the related mapped depth to basement. The results show deep temperatures as hotter than previously calculated, with temperatures of 150 degrees Celcius possible for Webb County between depths of 2.6 - 5.1 km, Jackson County between depths 3.0 - 5.4 km, and Crockett County between depths of 2.7 - 8.0 km.

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Southern Methodist University Huffington Department of Earth Sciences. (2020). Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1770752.
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Richards, Maria, Batir, Joseph. Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties. United States: N.p., 30 Oct, 2020. Web. doi: 10.15121/1770752.
Richards, Maria, Batir, Joseph. Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1770752
Richards, Maria, Batir, Joseph. 2020. "Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Three Texas Counties". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1770752. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1291.
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Data from Oct 30, 2020

Last updated May 17, 2021

Submitted Mar 4, 2021

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Southern Methodist University Huffington Department of Earth Sciences

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Maria Richards

214.768.2750

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Maria Richards

Southern Methodist University Huffington Department of Earth S...

Joseph Batir

Southern Methodist University Huffington Department of Earth S...

DOE Project Details

Project Name Texas Geothermal Entrepreneurship Organization (GEO)

Project Lead Elisabet Metcalfe

Project Number EE0008971

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