| Title | Use the Wells of Historic Cradle of the World?s Oil Industry for Geothermal Purposes |
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| Authors | Tomasz Sliwa, Aneta Sapinska-Sliwa, Andrzej Gonet |
| Year | 2007 |
| Conference | European Geothermal Conference |
| Keywords | borehole heat exchangers, heat pumps, abandoned wells |
| Abstract | Existing wells of past drilling activity in the area of oldest oil region in the world actually are majority not in use. Exhaustion of hydrocarbon resources requires doing away with such wells, which relates to incurring costs. According to polish mining legislative and the requirements of environmental protection the wells of depleted oil and gas fields should be closed down. Region constitutes a historic cradle of the world?s oil industry. It is more than 150 years old, i.e. it has been in existence from the moment when Ignacy Lukasiewicz invented a paraffin lamp in the area of Podkarpacie region. In Podkarpacie Region (SE-Poland) liquidation of wells is systematic in its nature. Some of oil and gas fields are now to be located in the developed area of many towns and villages in the Podkarpacie. Therefore, an idea was conceived to adapt the existing wells for borehole heat exchangers, which will provide energy for heating purposes to the adjacent facilities. Some of them can be use as heat sources and/or heat storages in heat pumps systems. The authors describe a possibility and potential analyse of utilize the wells of used up fields. There is also described conception of use watered gas fields for both exploitation of gas and water with extraction heat from water by absorption heat pump supplied with exploited natural gas. Some potential examples of apply the idea are shown in the paper. |