Reconnaissance Study of Low-temperature Geothermal Resources in Southwestern Ontario
- Key words
- reconnaissance, geothermal resources assessment, low temperature, EGS, sedimentary basin, Canada geothermal
- Conference
- Stanford Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 2019
- Session
- Low Temperature
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- Shahmohammadi
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Abstract
The main goal of this paper is a reconnaissance exploration of the thermal energy stored in deep subsurface (3-5 km depth) from EGS sedimentary resources in Southwestern Ontario. The industrial thermal data from the bottom-hole temperature resources of the oil sand regions of Michigan basin were applied in order to provide a first order assessment of deep geothermal potential for electricity and heat generation. A technical and economical resource assessment were performed based on the USGS volumetric estimation method. It is concluded that low-temperature EGS resources in Southwestern Ontario contain approximately 175 million MWh of heat-in-place.
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