Huadian Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 66-73.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-1951.2021.11.008

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Low-cost and sustainable utilization of geothermal resources in oilfields to achieve carbon neutrality

SONG Chaofan1(), ZHAO Jun1,*(), YIN Hongmei1, LI Yang1, WANG Guiling2, ZOU Hongli3   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Engineering,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300350,China
    2. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,Shijiazhuang 050061,China
    3. Dagang Oilfield Economic and Technological Institute,Tianjin 300280,China
  • Received:2021-09-16 Revised:2021-10-20 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-11-16
  • Contact: ZHAO Jun E-mail:songchaofan@tju.edu.cn;zhaojun@tju.edu.cn

Abstract:

Carbon neutrality and carbon peaking will bring extensive and profound systematic transformations to economic and social fields and limits to conventional fossil energy development as well.As a clean,low-carbon,stable and sustainable non-carbon energy,geothermal energy is indispensable to achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. There are a large number of inactive oil wells in China,and some of them are of abundant hydro-geothermal resources expecting to be explore scientifically,economically and sustainably.The exploration will be of great significance to realizing carbon neutrality.By summarizing the transformation ways of inactive oil wells into geothermal wells,and analyzing the existing engineering examples of transformed geothermal wells in China and the advantages and bottlenecks of geothermal energy utilization in oil fields,the application prospect of this transformation is made,which provides a reference for subsequent engineering researches.

Key words: carbon neutrality, carbon peak, oil field, geothermal resources, inactive oil well, engineering application, clean and low-carbon

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