The geothermal potential of Clarke Lake and Milo gas fields in northeast British Columbia ...

• Main Author: Arianpoo, Nastaran
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2009
• Subjects: Fort Nelson
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0070835; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0070835

The increasing consumption of energy and its side-effects on the environment are driving an international effort to enhance the use of more environmentally-friendly energy resources such as geothermal energy which this research addresses. The work has involved an analysis of data provided by the B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources collected from oil and gas wells drilled in the Northeast region of British Columbia for the purpose of evaluating the potential to exploit geothermal energy in the region. The study area was narrowed to two gas fields near Fort Nelson – Clarke Lake and Milo. The objectives of the project have been 1. to investigate the geothermal potential of the area; and, 2. to examine if non-geothermal wells could be used to recover geothermal energy; Using data gathered from the gas well log records, temperature gradient and heat flow maps were successfully generated for the study area using ArcGIS. A preliminary reservoir assessment has been done based on these maps. The ...