Project Examples
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Water flood to power in North Dakota
The University of North Dakota, Continental Resources and Access Energy have a project near Rhame in the southwest corner of North Dakota that utilizes heat from the water flood that is used to enhance oil recovery. More information is in this , , and .
Geothermal energy from well fluids in Mississippi
A RPSEA-funded project in Mississippi successfully generated geothermal energy from co-produced fluids during a six month demonstration period. Gulf Coast Green Energy and ElectraTherm installed a Green Machine at a Denbury Resources well site near Laurel, Mississippi. Hot water separated from the oil entered the Green Machine and generated electricity. A report on this project is available here.
Power from low temperature geothermal in Nevada
ElectraTherm has successfully commissioned a Power + Generator at the Florida Canyon Mine in Imlay, Nevada. Hot water produced on site enters the Organic Racine Cycle (ORC) Power + to generate electricity. A video and additional information are available on the .
Flare gas to power in North Dakota
Gulf Coast Green Energy (GCGE), along with HARC and Environmentally Friendly Drilling have installed a Power + generator in the Bakken Shale Play in North Dakota. This project at a Hess Corporation site captures natural gas that would otherwise be flared and uses the gas to generate electricity. A has shown that emissions are lowered when the Power+ generator is used. More information is available in this , on the , in this .
Waste heat captured from compressor station in Minnesota
In a project supported by Chevrolet, Basin Electric has teamed up with Ormat to capture the heat generated at a compressor station on a natural gas pipeline in Garvin, Minnesota. A video of the project is available .
Additional projects are described in presentations from previous 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Geothermal Lab Power Plays conferences. Check out the "Oil and Gas Projects" section of Conference Presentations for more details.