Energies, 2023 In the future, there will be more and more abandoned oil-gas wells with the exploitation of onshore oilfield resources. However, the large height difference in abandoned oil-gas wells can be used as building blocks for gravity power generation, thus ...
Jifang Wan, Guowei Song, Yuxian He
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Residential proximity to active and abandoned oil and gas development and risk of childhood Ewing sarcoma in California [PDF]
Environmental HealthBackground Oil and gas development (OGD) has been linked to increased pediatric cancer risk, but the literature to date is focused on hematologic malignancies and active wells.
Cassandra J. Clark +8 more
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Drone-Based Statistical Detection of Methane Anomalies Around Abandoned Oil and Gas Well Sites [PDF]
SensorsAbandoned oil and gas wells pose significant risks to human health and the environment by emitting air pollutants, contaminating groundwater, and leaving behind hazardous debris.
William Hoyt Thomas, Caixia Wang
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Potential for heat production by retrofitting abandoned gas wells into geothermal wells.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Using abandoned gas wells as geothermal resources for energy production is an effective way to extract geothermal energy from geological formations. These abandoned wells have the potential to significantly contribute in the rising global demand for ...
Asif Mehmood +5 more
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Unconventional technology for sealing and P&A of wells for prevention of global environmental disasters [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Many, if not all of the oil and gas fields under development, have leaking wells. There are a lot of so-called abandoned, ownerless wells. Subsoil users, by one way or another, make efforts to eliminate leakage in such wells.
Zakirov Sumbat +4 more
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Determination of the theoretical thermal potential of abandoned oil and gas wells [PDF]
Tehnika, 2023 In Serbia, there are about 1200 abandoned oil and gas wells, which have significant potential to produce thermal energy. Abandoned wells, depending on their location and thermal potential, can be used to produce thermal energy or electricity, or for the ...
Ilić Marija S. +5 more
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Initial recognition of the possibilities of use abandoned oil and gas wells to desalinate produced water [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Diminishing water resources, population growth and utilization energy intense processes for drinking water production lead to seek new methods of water acquisition.
Tyszer Magdalena +2 more
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Study on the Distribution Law of Coal Seam Gas and Hydrogen Sulfide Affected by Abandoned Oil Wells
Energies, 2022 This paper is devoted to solving the problem of how to comprehensively control coal seam gas and hydrogen sulfide in the mining face, distributed from the coal seam in abandoned oil wells in coal mining resource areas.
Xiaoqi Wang +4 more
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Mechanism and Prevention Technologies of Reservoir Gas Disaster in Abandoned Oil Well of Coal Mine
Lithosphere, 2022 The reservoir gas disaster has distinct characteristics and is a key factor that threatens the safe and green mining of coal mines in the costorage area of coal and petroleum resources. In order to solve the problem of prevention and control of reservoir
Yawu Shao +4 more
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Uncertainty Quantification of Methods Used to Measure Methane Emissions of 1 g CH4 h−1
Sensors, 2023 The recent interest in measuring methane (CH4) emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells has resulted in five methods being typically used. In line with the US Federal Orphaned Wells Program’s (FOWP) guidelines and the American Carbon Registry’s (ACR ...
Stuart N. Riddick +5 more
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