Geothermal investors need to be confident with the methods and results of exploration programs. Also cutting the upfront cost of geothermal exploration will further encourage investors to consider investment in this emerging clean energy field. Hence, it is of paramount importance to improve prospecting techniques in order to explore where economic concentrations of geothermal energy are to be ...

the south khorasan province is located in eastern iran. identifying potential geothermal zones is a pre-requisite for any thermal power plant and recreation center project. geothermal exploration involves a high degree of uncertainty and financial risk, and requires reliable exploration data to constrain development decisions. the present study focuses on identifying the potential zones of geot...

geothermal investors need to be confident with the methods and results of exploration programs. also cutting the upfront cost of geothermal exploration will further encourage investors to consider investment in this emerging clean energy field. hence, it is of paramount importance to improve prospecting techniques in order to explore where economic concentrations of geothermal energy are to be ...

In this study, a Geographic Information System (GIS) is used as a decision-making tool to target potential geothermal resources in Iran. The aims of the study are to update and identify promising areas for geothermal exploration, as the base study for the future regional-scale geothermal resources investigations and exploration drilling. After comprehensive study about available data in the cou...

derik geothermal region has area of 242 km2 and is located 10 km to the west of salmas city in west azarbaijan province of iran. the most outstanding surface manifestations of geothermal energy in this region are three warm springs and outcrops of travertine deposits and quaternary basalt outcrops around warm springs. temperature range of warm springs varies from 31 to 32.6 °c. we visited and s...

in this paper an indirect method is presented to detect potential geothermal sites in kerman province, southeast iran. geothermal heat flux is one of the main parameters to be investigated in geothermal exploration programs. however, few direct heat flux measurements are available for iran. given the proved relation between curie depths and heat flux, magnetic data can be used to calculate the ...

Based on the analysis of geothermal research and utilization, this paper lists the most main challenges of geothermal exploration and exploitation at present in Beijing which is including the lack of regional reconnaissance, the undeveloped of prospecting techniques, the shortened of service life in those geothermal fields which are exploited unreasonably, the unsystematic of dynamic monitoring...

Geothermal exploration has been highly successful to date in locating targets for drilling. However, the requirements for an economically successful geothermal well are both high flow rat,e and high temperature. Most geophysical and geochemical exploration methods have not been highly accurate in predicting the depth and actual temperature of a reservoir, nor have they been able to locate high ...

The investigation and exploration of potential deep geothermal systems is based on detailed knowledge of their distinct reservoir characteristics. This is especially important in the exploration of potentially engineered geothermal systems and of mid to low enthalpy reservoir formations in greater depths, resp. In the early stages of geothermal reservoir exploration, characterization of the res...

A brief summary of the importance of the electrical resistivity of rocks in geothermal exploration is given as well as some of its is main relationships with some of the characteristics of geothermal reservoirs. Special emphasis is on the resistivity of rocks in high temperature geothermal fields where the dominant factor is the hydrothermal mineral alteration and how it relates to temperature....