Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis, Part 2: GIS methodology

Jacob DeAngelo; John W. Shervais; Jonathan M.G. Glen; Dennis Nielson; Sabodh Garg; Patrick Dobson; Erika Gasperikova; Eric Sonnenthal; Lee M. Liberty; Drew Lorenz Siler; James P. Evans

doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102882

Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis, Part 2: GIS methodology

Geothermics

By: Jacob DeAngelo, John W. Shervais, Jonathan M.G. Glen, Dennis Nielson, Sabodh Garg, Patrick Dobson, Erika Gasperikova, Eric Sonnenthal, Lee M. Liberty, Drew Lorenz Siler, and James P. Evans

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102882

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Abstract

Play Fairway Analysis (PFA) in geothermal exploration originates from a systematic methodology developed within the petroleum industry and is based on a geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic framework of identified geothermal systems. We tailored this methodology to study the geothermal resource potential of the Snake River Plain and surrounding region, but it can be adapted to other geothermal resource settings. We adapted the PFA approach to geothermal resource exploration by cataloging the critical elements controlling exploitable hydrothermal systems, establishing risk matrices that evaluate these elements in terms of both probability of success and level of knowledge, and building a code-based ‘processing model’ to process results.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis, Part 2: GIS methodology
Series title	Geothermics
DOI	10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102882
Volume	117
Year Published	2024
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Contributing office(s)	Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Description	102882, 13 p.
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