Huntington Beach Oilfield: An Example of a Borderlands Geothermal Resource
- Key words
- Exploration; USA; California; Huntington Beach; Hydrology; Brine; Heat Flow; Geopressured; Faults
- Location
- Huntington Beach, California
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1981
- Session
- Exploration; Heat flow; Oil and gas reservoirs; Hydrogeology
- Language
- English
Abstract
Oil field data summaries, marine heat flow studies, and heat flow summaries for the western United States indicate a significant southwestward trend of increasing thermal values. The Huntington Beach Oil Field lies in the highest part of this trend. A geothermal resource is inferred in this particular oil field based on a reported temperature of 555°F in a single deep hole below the producing horizon and a broad distribution of elevated temperature (165-175°F) in moderate depth holes in the lowest producing horizon. Conflicting explorations have been offered for the phenomena (1) geopressure, (2) hydrothermal circulation and (3) continued extensional tectonics.
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