Trans-Pecos Newsletter

Western GeoPower is pleased to announce the unveiling of our new and improved website

Please visit the website www.geopower.ca to find out the latest information on Western GeoPower Corp.; we invite you to check the website often to remain fully informed of our company’s milestones. Featured are links to numerous informative media articles on geothermal energy in the news both local and worldwide; also take advantage of our many links to the geothermal community at large.

We need abstracts on geothermal projects related to sedimentary basins. The deadline is Sept 27, and at least 10 people need to step-up and submit papers for the session to be included. Students this is a great opportunity for you as well to present your research ideas.

This is a great opportunity to reach an international audience. The due date for an abstract is Sept 27!

Maria Richards
SMU Geothermal Lab
PO Box 75-0395
Dallas, TX 75275-0395
mrichard@smu.edu
214-768-1975
http://www.smu.edu/geothermal

Dear Colleague,

For the first time in many years the Society of Economic Paleontologists & Mineralogists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists will hold a geothermal session at a joint annual meeting. The 2008 SEPM-AAPG Meeting in San Antonio on April 20-23 will host a geothermal resources and development session related to the production of geothermal energy from oil and gas wells.

The session will be chaired by Dr. David Blackwell of the Geothermal Laboratory at Southern Methodist University, and Dr. Richard Erdlac of Energy America Geothermal. We are soliciting your assistance in making this geothermal session a success. We are interested in presentations that cover geothermal electric production as related to sedimentary basins; power plant types that can be employed, including hybrid systems; economic analyses related to geothermal power production from deep oil and gas wells; historical discussions of the past Texas gas/geothermal hybrid power plant in the Gulf Coast and other aspects of the DOE geopressured geothermal program; resource characteristics and locations; and any other subject appropriate to the location and extraction of geothermal energy from oil and gas wells.

Our professional colleagues from the geothermal industry are especially invited to both attend the meeting and submit papers to this session. Due to a new audience that is only peripherally aware of this approach to geothermal power generation, presentations which may have been given at past geothermal conferences will be accepted so long as these presentation show connection to geothermal production from this oil and gas environment.

Texas has the distinction of being the first to have had a gas/geothermal hybrid power plant in the Gulf Coast as part of a demonstration project. The plant operated in 1989 and 1990. Much of this early work was made possible by assistance from the oil and gas industry. It is only appropriate that this session be held in Texas at an annual SEPM-AAPG meeting. As the demand for energy continues to grow world wide, new innovative approaches to energy production are needed. The future production of geothermal energy, along side that of oil and gas production, is one way that these two important industries can work together towards securing a sustainable energy future.

The final date for abstract submittals is not far off – September 27. So please get your abstract submitted soon and copy us so that we will know about the submissions.

L. Scott Malone
Membership/Publicity
NACE International – Permian Basin Section

Norris Technical Services
Midland, Texas
(432) 561-8101
Fax: 561-8182
Cellular: 559-2005
smalone@norrisrods.com

Date:            TBA
Time:           11:45 AM
Place:          Petroleum Club
Cost:           Members free, Guests $15.00

The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) Regions of Texas and the Southwest

Independent Oil and Gas Producers in Texas

The PTTC Texas Region is partnering with the Bureau of Economic Geology on two Texas oil- and gas-related initiatives. Please read the following descriptions and click on the links for additional information about these programs and how you can participate. A questionnaire for you to fill out and submit online is also available if you would like to provide your input.

Thanks very much in your continued interest and support of the PTTC Texas Region program.

Integrated Synthesis of Permian Basin Depositional Systems: Data and Models for
Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Hydrocarbon-bearing Basin in the U.S.

This synthesis will result in an integrated data base of geological, geophysical and petrophysical information that will provide fundamental data and information to guide future exploration and development of the remaining hydrocarbon resources in the Permian Basin. We are currently soliciting the involvement of industry groups who desire to benefit from this program.

Click here for project description and request for more information

Please, Pass the Salt: Can the Oil Industry Benefit from Desalination Wastes?

This is an investigation of the feasibility of injecting concentrates from desalination plants into pressure-depleted oil or gas fields. The objective is to (1) evaluate the use of depleted fields as sites for injection wells to dispose of desalination concentrates and; (2) demonstrate to the regulatory community that deep-well disposal of concentrates in oil and gas fields is safe and reliable.

Click here for project description and questionnaire

For more information about these Texas initiatives, please call Texas PTTC Coordinator Sigrid Clift at 512-471-0320 or e-mail sigrid.clift@beg.utexas.edu.