Texas energy resources. Final draft

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7361874

A summary of the energy resources including lignite, coal, geothermal energy, uranium ores, and petroleum and the potentiality of solar, solid waste, and wind energy is presented. It is indicated that Texas has about 146 billion barrels of oil-in-place. As of January 1, 1973, Texas had 94.9 trillion cu ft remaining reserve of natural gas that is being used faster than new finds are made. It is estimated that Texas has over 6 billion tons of bituminous coal resources and that there are about 20 billion tons of lignite within surface minable depths and over 100 billion tons of deep basin lignite resources. Three areas for potential geothermal resources are the Rio Grande Rift System, the Trans-Pecos Hot Rocks, and the Gulf Coast Geothermal Sands. The solid waste generation rates for agricultural and municipal-industrial sources are estimated. Generation of electrical energy from wind is of great potential in the Texas Panhandle. Texas qualifies as a potential area for the utilization of solar energy according to the isopleths of mean daily direct solar radiation. Texas has significant quantities of uranium, and more than six nuclear power plants are in the planning stage for the state. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Texas Governor's Energy Advisory Council, Austin (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7361874
• Report Number(s): NSF-RA-N-74-223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
011000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
02 PETROLEUM
020100 -- Petroleum-- Reserves-- (-1989)
03 NATURAL GAS
030100 -- Natural Gas-- Reserves-- (-1989)
050100 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Reserves
Exploration
& Mining
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
140100 -- Solar Energy-- Resources & Availability
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150100 -- Geothermal Energy-- Resources & Availability
17 WIND ENERGY
170100 -- Wind Energy-- Resources & Availability (Climatology)
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
BROWN COAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
LIGNITE
NATURAL GAS
NORTH AMERICA
ORES
PETROLEUM
PLANNING
POWER
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLID WASTES
SOUTHWEST REGION
TEXAS
URANIUM ORES
USA
USES
WASTES
WIND POWER