| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 154, 2020
6th International Conference – Renewable Energy Sources (ICoRES 2019)
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| Article Number | 05004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Geothermal and Solar Energy | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202015405004 | |
| Published online | 09 March 2020 | |
The Utilization of Abandoned Petroleum Wells in Geothermal Energy Sector. Worldwide Trends and Experience
AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Fossil Fuels, Mickiewicza 30 Av, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
* Corresponding author: adrabik@agh.edu.pl
Since the oil crises in the 1970s, geothermal resources have received much attention and researches aimed at its recognition have been conducted all around the globe. Nevertheless, the investment cost associated mainly with drilling works is a crucial limitation for the successful implementation of new geothermal projects. The radical solution affecting the cost effectiveness of any geothermal investments might be an adaptation of existing un-exploited boreholes of the oil and gas sector for geothermal purposes. Moreover, a few studies on heat and/or energy recovery from oil and gas provinces have indicated that a tremendous amount of geothermal energy co-exists with petroleum fields. Thereby, the article centres on global concepts related to the adaptation of boreholes after the exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits or negative exploratory wells in order to exploit geothermal energy resources. Selected concepts focused on possible electricity production and the space heating sector are discussed. Other potential technologies based on utilization of geothermal energy attained by borehole heat exchangers are also indicated.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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