Geopressured Geothermal Fairway Evaluation and Test Well Site Location Frio Formation, Texas Gulf Coast
| dc.creator | Bebout, Don G. | |
| dc.creator | Gregory, A. R. (Alvin Ray), 1915- | |
| dc.creator | Loucks, R. G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-05T20:29:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-05T20:29:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tertiary strata of the Texas Gulf Coast comprise a number of terrigenous depositional wedges, some of which thicken abruptly at their downdip ends as a result of contemporaneous movement of growth faults and underlying salt. The Frio Formation, one of these wedges, has been studied regionally by means of a grid of correlation cross sections aided by micropaleontological control. By means of these sections, the Frio was subdivided into six map units; maps of sandstone distribution within these units delineate principal elongate sandstone trends parallel to the Gulf Coast composed of deltaic, barrier-bar, and strandplain sandstones. These broad regional studies, followed by detailed local investigations, were pursued in order to delineate prospective areas for the production of geopressured geothermal energy. A prospective area must meet the following minimum requirements: reservoir volume of 3 cubic miles, minimum permeability of 20 millidarcys (md), and fluid temperatures of 300°F. Several geothermal fairways were identified as a result of this Frio study. | |
| dc.description.department | Bureau of Economic Geology | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2152/123910 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Contract Reports | |
| dc.rights.restriction | Open | |
| dc.subject | geothermal energy | |
| dc.subject | Texas | |
| dc.subject | Gulf Coast | |
| dc.subject | Frio Formation | |
| dc.title | Geopressured Geothermal Fairway Evaluation and Test Well Site Location Frio Formation, Texas Gulf Coast | |
| dc.type | Other |