Description
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory, Eastman Chemical, Turbine Air Systems, and the Electric Power Research Institute are evaluating the feasibility of using geothermal heat to improve the efficiency of natural gas power plants. The area of interest is the Eastman Chemical plant in Longview, Texas, which is on the northwestern margin of the Sabine Uplift. Part 2 focus on:
1) Permit report and spreadsheet on Federal, State, and Local agency requirements for a geothermal deep direct-use project in the vicinity of East Texas for Harrison, Gregg, Rusk, and Panola Counties.
2) Evaluation of the Geologic Variability of Travis Peak Formation as a reservoir.
3) Updated Heat Flow Memo with additional references.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEMO SMU DDU GeologicVariabilityTesting.pdf | Methodology for determination of lateral and vertical extent of the Travis Peak Formation as a reservoir for deep direct-use project. | Open resource | |
| MEMO SMU DDU GeologicVariability-TravPeak29Jan2019.xlsx | XLS | Results from geological model to determine how much variation there is within the Travis Peak Formation in the area of Eastman Chemical plant. The description of the methodology is in the document: Memo SMU DDU GeologicVariabilityTesting.pdf | Open resource |
| MEMO SMU DDU HeatFlowExplanationforEastTexas_updated.pdf | The steps for calculating heat flow and understanding the different variables including temperature correction and thermal conductivity. This file has full references. | Open resource | |
| MEMO SMU DDU Permitting for Eastman Chemical Assessment.pdf | Background information and description of the Federal, State, and local permits required for a geothermal deep direct-use project in the vicinity of East Texas for Harrison, Gregg, Rusk, and Panola Counties. | Open resource | |
| MEMO SMU Deep Direct-Use Permits and Regulations Assessment Eastman Chemical Longview TX.xlsx | XLS | List of East Texas permits and related information in spreadsheet format to go with the document file: Memo SMU DDU Permitting for Eastman Chemical Assessment.pdf | Open resource |
| Part 1 of the memos and related data files for this project | HTML | 12 additional resources uploaded by SMU Geothermal Laboratory | Open resource |
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- ddu
- deep-direct-use
- eastman-chemical
- east-texas
- energy
- geological-variability
- geologic-variability-evaluation
- geothermal
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- land-access
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- reservoir
- sabine-uplift
- smu
- southern-methodist-university
- surface-heat-flow
- surface-water
- thermal-conductivity
- travis-peak
- tx