Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Mark Ballesteros, Gary Meyer, Jim McDairimid, Adrian Larking, Green Rock Energy Ltd; Ralf Oppermann, OPPtimal Exploration and Development Pty Ltd
Publication Issue: 118
Date Published: June 2012
Number of Pages: 3
Abstract:
The northern Perth Basin (NPB) offers one of the most attractive areas for Hot Sedimentary Aquifer (HSA) geothermal projects in Australia. Key geological ingredients for a working geothermal system include a heat source and a heat trap in the form of thermally insulating rocks such as coals or low thermal conductivity shales with underlying naturally permeable, cavernous or fractured reservoir rocks (Cooper and Beardsmore, 2008). Available data suggests that the NPB has all of these attributes.