1 – – Electricity Production Electricity Production – West Texas – West Texas A Presentation To The: New Mexico Geothermal Energy Working Group New Mexico Geothermal Energy Working Group Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Santa Fe, NM Dr. Richard J. Erdlac, Jr. Dr. Richard J. Erdlac, Jr. Energy America, Inc. Energy America, Inc. Energy America Geothermal, Energy America Geothermal, LLC LLC Midland, Texas Midland, Texas An Example For An Example For New Mexico New Mexico
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– – Electricity Production – Electricity Production – West TexasWest Texas
A Presentation To The:New Mexico Geothermal Energy Working Group New Mexico Geothermal Energy Working Group
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Santa Fe, NM
Dr. Richard J. Erdlac, Jr.Dr. Richard J. Erdlac, Jr.
Energy America, Inc.Energy America, Inc.
Energy America Geothermal, Energy America Geothermal, LLCLLC
Midland, TexasMidland, Texas
An Example For An Example For New MexicoNew Mexico
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Energy America Inc.Energy America Geothermal, LLC
Trading & Supply
GEOEXCHANGEPOWER
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Presentation OverviewPresentation Overview
1) New Mexico sits astride a 1) New Mexico sits astride a high near surface heat flow high near surface heat flow trend that stretches from trend that stretches from Colorado south to the Colorado south to the Mexican border.Mexican border.
2) New Mexico is part of a 2) New Mexico is part of a broad trend of states with broad trend of states with deeper oil and gas wells that deeper oil and gas wells that extends from the Gulf Coast extends from the Gulf Coast NNW to Montana.NNW to Montana.3) West Texas Permian Basin 3) West Texas Permian Basin
geothermal investigations geothermal investigations suggest that parts of New suggest that parts of New Mexico may also have Mexico may also have geothermal power potential geothermal power potential from deeper oil and gas wells.from deeper oil and gas wells.
4) Trans-Pecos region of West 4) Trans-Pecos region of West Texas has promise of Texas has promise of geothermal power as part of geothermal power as part of the Rio Grande Rift, stretching the Rio Grande Rift, stretching from the Big Bend of Texas from the Big Bend of Texas through New Mexico and into through New Mexico and into Colorado.Colorado.5) Geothermal energy may 5) Geothermal energy may
have the highest capacity have the highest capacity factor of all the renewable factor of all the renewable energy resources available energy resources available for power generation.for power generation.
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Existing geothermal power Existing geothermal power generation has focused on generation has focused on western states where high western states where high
heat flow exists at or near the heat flow exists at or near the Earth’s surface.Earth’s surface.
Geothermal For Electrical ProductionGeothermal For Electrical Production
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Subsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGSSubsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGS
New opportunity exists through the many oil and New opportunity exists through the many oil and
gas wells that have been drilled in the deeper gas wells that have been drilled in the deeper
sedimentary basins that have encountered hot sedimentary basins that have encountered hot
temperatures.temperatures.
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New opportunity exists through the many oil and New opportunity exists through the many oil and
gas wells that have been drilled in the deeper gas wells that have been drilled in the deeper
sedimentary basins that have encountered hot sedimentary basins that have encountered hot
temperatures.temperatures.
Subsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGSSubsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGS
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Subsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGSSubsurface BHT Data – AAPG / USGS
Delaware & Val Verde Basins
Blue = 151 to 178oF (66 to 81oC)
Green = 179 to 288oF (82 to 142oC)
Red = > 289oF (> 143oC)
Dark Gray Area = 302Dark Gray Area = 302ooF (150F (150ooC) IsothermC) Isotherm
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Subsurface BHT Data – Gulf Oil – 1982Subsurface BHT Data – Gulf Oil – 1982
Trans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande RiftTrans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande Rift
Heat Flux
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Trans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande RiftTrans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande Rift
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Trans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande RiftTrans Pecos, Texas – Rio Grande Rift
2.753oC/100m
Below threshold jump.
The points defining well gradients were plotted as t-d values (right), with purple and blue values combined representing all The points defining well gradients were plotted as t-d values (right), with purple and blue values combined representing all of the BHT records and with blue values alone representing t-d points below the 2.753of the BHT records and with blue values alone representing t-d points below the 2.753ooC/100m threshold change.C/100m threshold change.
All points.
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Impact On New MexicoImpact On New Mexico
Estimated Temperature at 4 KM
Sedimentary Thickness – Contour Interval 1500 m
Idaho Nat Lab Geothermal Technologies Program
& Idaho Nat Lab Geospatial Sci & Eng
Rio Grande
Rift
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A major importance of A major importance of geothermal geothermal power production is that it has a power production is that it has a high high capacity factor.capacity factor. Thus geothermal impacts base Thus geothermal impacts base load load electrical demand.electrical demand.
Geothermal Energy Geothermal Energy Association,Association,West Coast Geothermal West Coast Geothermal Finance Finance & Development Workshop, & Development Workshop, May 2007May 2007
Importance Of Geothermal PowerImportance Of Geothermal Power
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ConclusionsConclusions
New Mexico sits astride a high near surface heat flow New Mexico sits astride a high near surface heat flow trend that stretches from Colorado south to the Mexican trend that stretches from Colorado south to the Mexican border.border. New Mexico is part of a broad trend of states with New Mexico is part of a broad trend of states with deeper oil and gas wells that extends from the Gulf Coast deeper oil and gas wells that extends from the Gulf Coast NNW to Montana.NNW to Montana. West Texas Permian Basin geothermal investigations West Texas Permian Basin geothermal investigations suggest that parts of New Mexico may also have suggest that parts of New Mexico may also have geothermal power potential from deeper oil and gas geothermal power potential from deeper oil and gas wells.wells.Trans-Pecos region of West Texas has promise of Trans-Pecos region of West Texas has promise of geothermal power as part of the Rio Grande Rift, geothermal power as part of the Rio Grande Rift, stretching from the Big Bend of Texas through New stretching from the Big Bend of Texas through New Mexico and into Colorado.Mexico and into Colorado. Geothermal energy may have the highest capacity Geothermal energy may have the highest capacity factor of all the renewable energy resources available for factor of all the renewable energy resources available for power generation.power generation.