| Title | Identification of potential geothermal targets for retrofitting in abandoned oil wells in the offshore region of the Campos Basin, Southeastern Brazil. |
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| Authors | B. L JESUS, S. N. P GUIMARAES, F. P VIEIRA, S.L FONTES |
| Year | 2025 |
| Conference | LATAM Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | renewable energy, geothermal energy, offshore, abandoned wells, geothermal potential, retrofitting |
| Abstract | Geothermal energy is considered a reliable, sustainable and abundant source of energy with minimized environmental impact. This geoenergy can be used both directly, which is the case with outcropping hot springs, and indirectly to generate electricity. One of the main challenges in exploiting this type of resource is access to it, which involves drilling wells. One of the solutions to this conflict is to use disused oil wells and adapt them to geoenergy exploitation, since they reach sufficient depths for this viability or can be adapted by deepening them using modern deep drilling techniques. The abandonment of oil wells is commonly considered an essential measure to guarantee the safety and integrity of these wells, generating enormous costs and concerns for the industry. By converting abandoned or unactivated oil and gas wells into geothermal wells, it is claimed to be possible to produce geothermal energy and generate power. In this context, we sought to identify potential targets |