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Subsalt Rotliegend Sediments—A New Challenge for Geothermal Systems in Poland

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  • Rafał Kudrewicz

    (Polish Oil and Gas Company, 01-224 Warszawa, Poland)

  • Bartosz Papiernik

    (Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland)

  • Marek Hajto

    (Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Machowski

    (Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland)

Abstract

New seismic data and the completion of the K-1 petroleum exploratory well, located close to the axial zone of the Mogilno-Łódź Trough (Polish Lowlands) delivered new insight into local structural, tectonic, facial and thermal variability of this geological unit. In this paper, the two variants of 3D models (SMV1 and SMV2) of Permian-Mesozoic strata are presented for the salt pillow related Kłecko Anticline, while resources assessment was confined to the Rotliegend Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) type reservoir, that is divided into Playa, Eolian and Fluvial facies-based complexes. Using very conservative assumptions on the methods of the EGS reservoir development, authors assessed that heat in place and technical potential for eolian sandstones are about 386 PJ and ca. 2814 kW, respectively, and for Fluvial 367 PJ and ca. 2850 kW in relation to the volume of 1 km 3 at depths of about 5000 m b.s.l. The authors recommend for the further development of the Eolian complex because of its low shale content, influencing the high susceptibility to fracking. The presented research is the first Polish local resources assessment for an EGS reservoir in sedimentary Rotliegend, within thermal anomaly below the salt pillow, which is one of over 100 salt structures mapped in Poland.

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  • Rafał Kudrewicz & Bartosz Papiernik & Marek Hajto & Grzegorz Machowski, 2022. "Subsalt Rotliegend Sediments—A New Challenge for Geothermal Systems in Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-35, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:3:p:1166-:d:742408
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