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Title: Subsurface and seismic investigation of the geopressured-geothermal potential of south Louisiana. Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6927081· OSTI ID:6927081

Specific sites (areas) for geopressured-geothermal energy potential have been evaluated: (1) Abbeville Area, (2) Chloe Area, (3) Turtle Bayou Field-Kent Bayou Field Area and (4) Lirette-Chauvin-Lake Boudreaux Area. To arrive at geologic conclusions concerning the geopressured-geothermal energy potential of each area, the following factors have been considered in this study: (1) depth of geopressured sands, (2) geopressured sand volumes, (3) porosities, (4) permeabilities, (5) temperatures, (6) salinities, (7) dissolved gas content, (8) structure - especially as it relates to continuity of reservoirs, and (9) petroleum prodution - espeially if the geopressured fluids are driving mechanisms for current petroleum prodution. To evaluate these parameters the most useful source of information has been petroleum well logs which most commonly are a continuous depth survey of the spontaneous potential (SP) and the electrical resistivity of the subsurface formations. A separate thesis for each of the above four areas was processed separately.

Research Organization:
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette (USA). Dept. of Geology
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-78ET27161
OSTI ID:
6927081
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/27161-2; ON: DE84011273
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English