| Title | Thermal Areas of the Philippines |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruel T. Malapitan and Alicia N. Reyes |
| Year | 2000 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | thermal areas, volcanic belts, structures, occurrences, reserves and resources |
| Abstract | Through the years of Philippine experience in geothermal exploration, development and production, prospectors and major players in steamfield development have defined three (3) major geological environment contributing to the development of geothermal resources. These are as follows: a) along volcanic belts; b) along major structures and other structures, and c) along plutonic occurrences. The most important among these three environments is along volcanic belts for high-temperature producing and potentially exploitable geothermal fields are found near Quaternary volcanoes. Using available data, geothermal reserve of the country is estimated through volumetric method at 4537MWe. |