Artificial Geothermal Energy Potential of Steam-flooded Heavy Oil Reservoirs

This study presents an investigation of the concept of harvesting geothermal energy that remains in heavy oil reservoirs after abandonment when steamflooding is no longer economics. Substantial heat that has accumulated within reservoir rock and its vicinity can be extracted by circulating water rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Limpasurat, Akkharachai
Other Authors: Falcone, Gioia
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8323