Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin
This is a final report summarizing a two-year (2014-16) DOE funded Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Low-Temperature resources of the Appalachian Basin of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Collaborators included Cornell University, Southern Methodist University, and West Virginia University. As a result of the research, 'play fairways' were identified for further study, based on four risk criteria: 1) the Thermal Resource Quality, 2) the Natural Reservoir Quality, 3) the Risk of Seismic Activity, and the 4) Utilization Viability.
In addition to the final report document, this submission includes project 'memos' referred to throughout the report. Many of these same memos are also provided in the submissions with the detailed data products accompanying the relevant risk factor (thermal, reservoir, seismicity, and utilization). This report updates a preliminary version submitted in late 2015 (Submission 559 - See "Reservoir Analysis 2015" below)
This file presents the Final Report and Supporting Documents for a Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Appalachian Basin sectors of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The purpose of this Department of Energy funded effort was to assess the potential for viable low temperature (50-150 degrees C) geothermal energy exploration and development using the methods of Play Fairway Analysis. The resources analyzed occur at depths of 1000 m and greater below the surface, and the application scenarios considered are for direct utilization of the heat. This report illustrates the lateral variability of each of the four risk criteria. This report also illustrates multiple alternative methods to combine those factors in order to communicate the estimated overall favorability of geothermal development. Uncertainty in the risk estimation is also quantified. Based on these metrics, geothermal plays in the Appalachian Basin were identified as potentially viable for a variety of direct-use-heat applications. The methodologies developed in this project and presented in this report may be applied in other sedimentary basins as a foundation for geothermal resource, risk, and uncertainty assessment. Accompanying this report is an Appendix that describes in greater detail the methods used in the analysis, and 17 other technical memos that document criteria, methods and decisions on which the final product was built.
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AB - This is a final report summarizing a two-year (2014-16) DOE funded Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Low-Temperature resources of the Appalachian Basin of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Collaborators included Cornell University, Southern Methodist University, and West Virginia University. As a result of the research, 'play fairways' were identified for further study, based on four risk criteria: 1) the Thermal Resource Quality, 2) the Natural Reservoir Quality, 3) the Risk of Seismic Activity, and the 4) Utilization Viability.
In addition to the final report document, this submission includes project 'memos' referred to throughout the report. Many of these same memos are also provided in the submissions with the detailed data products accompanying the relevant risk factor (thermal, reservoir, seismicity, and utilization). This report updates a preliminary version submitted in late 2015 (Submission 559 - See "Reservoir Analysis 2015" below)
This file presents the Final Report and Supporting Documents for a Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Appalachian Basin sectors of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The purpose of this Department of Energy funded effort was to assess the potential for viable low temperature (50-150 degrees C) geothermal energy exploration and development using the methods of Play Fairway Analysis. The resources analyzed occur at depths of 1000 m and greater below the surface, and the application scenarios considered are for direct utilization of the heat. This report illustrates the lateral variability of each of the four risk criteria. This report also illustrates multiple alternative methods to combine those factors in order to communicate the estimated overall favorability of geothermal development. Uncertainty in the risk estimation is also quantified. Based on these metrics, geothermal plays in the Appalachian Basin were identified as potentially viable for a variety of direct-use-heat applications. The methodologies developed in this project and presented in this report may be applied in other sedimentary basins as a foundation for geothermal resource, risk, and uncertainty assessment. Accompanying this report is an Appendix that describes in greater detail the methods used in the analysis, and 17 other technical memos that document criteria, methods and decisions on which the final product was built.
AU - E. Jordan, Teresa
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - Appalachian Basin
KW - New York
KW - Pennsylvania
KW - West Virginia
KW - district heating
KW - deep direct use
KW - low-temperature
KW - reservoir
KW - productivity
KW - favorability
KW - reservoir productivity index
KW - reservoir flow capacity
KW - GPFA-AB
KW - Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis
KW - thermal analysis
KW - resource assessment
KW - heat flow
KW - thermal conductivity
KW - geotherms
KW - heat utilization
KW - surface leveled cost of heat
KW - LCOH
KW - SLCOH
KW - demand
KW - GEOPHIRES
KW - combined risk segment maps
KW - risk analysis
KW - induced seismicity
KW - faults
KW - potential fields
KW - wavelets
KW - BHT corrections
KW - low temperature
LA - English
DA - 2015/11/18
PY - 2015
PB - Cornell University
T1 - Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/7080
ER -
E. Jordan, Teresa. Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin. Cornell University, 18 November, 2015, GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899.
E. Jordan, T. (2015). Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin. [Data set]. GDR. Cornell University. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899
E. Jordan, Teresa. Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin. Cornell University, November, 18, 2015. Distributed by GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899
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title = {Final Report: Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin},
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abstractNote = {This is a final report summarizing a two-year (2014-16) DOE funded Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Low-Temperature resources of the Appalachian Basin of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Collaborators included Cornell University, Southern Methodist University, and West Virginia University. As a result of the research, 'play fairways' were identified for further study, based on four risk criteria: 1) the Thermal Resource Quality, 2) the Natural Reservoir Quality, 3) the Risk of Seismic Activity, and the 4) Utilization Viability.
In addition to the final report document, this submission includes project 'memos' referred to throughout the report. Many of these same memos are also provided in the submissions with the detailed data products accompanying the relevant risk factor (thermal, reservoir, seismicity, and utilization). This report updates a preliminary version submitted in late 2015 (Submission 559 - See "Reservoir Analysis 2015" below)
This file presents the Final Report and Supporting Documents for a Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis of the Appalachian Basin sectors of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The purpose of this Department of Energy funded effort was to assess the potential for viable low temperature (50-150 degrees C) geothermal energy exploration and development using the methods of Play Fairway Analysis. The resources analyzed occur at depths of 1000 m and greater below the surface, and the application scenarios considered are for direct utilization of the heat. This report illustrates the lateral variability of each of the four risk criteria. This report also illustrates multiple alternative methods to combine those factors in order to communicate the estimated overall favorability of geothermal development. Uncertainty in the risk estimation is also quantified. Based on these metrics, geothermal plays in the Appalachian Basin were identified as potentially viable for a variety of direct-use-heat applications. The methodologies developed in this project and presented in this report may be applied in other sedimentary basins as a foundation for geothermal resource, risk, and uncertainty assessment. Accompanying this report is an Appendix that describes in greater detail the methods used in the analysis, and 17 other technical memos that document criteria, methods and decisions on which the final product was built.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899},
year = {2015},
howpublished = {GDR, Cornell University, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-03}
}
Details
Data from Nov 18, 2015
Last updated Jul 7, 2021
Submitted Jan 31, 2017
Organization
Cornell University
Contact
Teresa E. Jordan
607.255.3596
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/899Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, Appalachian Basin, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, district heating, deep direct use, low-temperature, reservoir, productivity, favorability, reservoir productivity index, reservoir flow capacity, GPFA-AB, Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis, thermal analysis, resource assessment, heat flow, thermal conductivity, geotherms, heat utilization, surface leveled cost of heat, LCOH, SLCOH, demand, GEOPHIRES, combined risk segment maps, risk analysis, induced seismicity, faults, potential fields, wavelets, BHT corrections, low temperatureDOE Project Details
Project Name Low Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin
Project Lead Holly Thomas
Project Number EE0006726