Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Eastern Nevada and Millard County, Utah Well Databases

Taverna, Nicole

doi:10.15121/1637461

Title: Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Eastern Nevada and Millard County, Utah Well Databases

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In order to gather data to assess sedimentary geothermal feasibility in Nevada and Utah, state oil and gas and geothermal databases were serached for well files and well logs. Well data from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology oil and gas and geothermal databases was mined for the following areas in Nevada: Blackburn oil field, Marys River, North Willow Creek, Tomera Ranch, and Diamond Valley, all in the Elko Basin; Bacon Flat in Railroad Valley; and Steptoe Basin. For Pavant Butte in Utah, the State of Utah Division of Oil and Gas Well File and Well Log Searches were mined for well records in Millard County. Only wells close to Pavant Butte were mined for detailed information, but all Millard County wells are included in the database. Well files were searched for temperature, permeability, pressure information, and formation depth and thickness. Temperature values are uncorrected. Locations for some wells were converted from township and range locations to approximate latitude and longitude using Google Earth and Earth Point grids to locate well pads. If no well pad could be located for a well, the center of the smallest section available (usually partsect) was used as the approximate location.

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Taverna, Nicole

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Publication Date:: Sat Nov 30 04:00:00 UTC 2019

Other Number(s):: 1223

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)

Collaborations:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Bacon Flat; Black Rock Desert; Blackburn; Diamond Valley; Elko Basin; Marys River; Millard County; N. Willow Creek; North Willow Creek; Pavant Butte; Railroad Valley; SedGeo; Steptoe Basin; Tomera Ranch; depth; energy; feasibility; formation; geothermal; permeability; sedimentary; sedimentary basin; temperature; well data

OSTI Identifier:: 1637461

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1637461

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"Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Eastern Nevada and Millard County, Utah Well Databases".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1637461.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1637461. Pub date:Sat Nov 30 04:00:00 UTC 2019

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  title        = {Sedimentary Geothermal Feasibility in Eastern Nevada and Millard County, Utah Well Databases},

  author       = {Taverna, Nicole},

  abstractNote = {In order to gather data to assess sedimentary geothermal feasibility in Nevada and Utah, state oil and gas and geothermal databases were serached for well files and well logs. Well data from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology oil and gas and geothermal databases was mined for the following areas in Nevada: Blackburn oil field, Marys River, North Willow Creek, Tomera Ranch, and Diamond Valley, all in the Elko Basin; Bacon Flat in Railroad Valley; and Steptoe Basin. For Pavant Butte in Utah, the State of Utah Division of Oil and Gas Well File and Well Log Searches were mined for well records in Millard County. Only wells close to Pavant Butte were mined for detailed information, but all Millard County wells are included in the database. Well files were searched for temperature, permeability, pressure information, and formation depth and thickness. Temperature values are uncorrected. Locations for some wells were converted from township and range locations to approximate latitude and longitude using Google Earth and Earth Point grids to locate well pads. If no well pad could be located for a well, the center of the smallest section available (usually partsect) was used as the approximate location.},

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  year         = {Sat Nov 30 04:00:00 UTC 2019},

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