Project Examples

The Department of Energy provides a overview of .  

Water flood to power in North Dakota

The University of North Dakota, Continental Resources and Access Energy have a project near Rhame in the southwest corner of North Dakota that utilizes heat from the water flood that is used to enhance oil recovery. More information is in this , ,  and .  

Geothermal energy from well fluids in Mississippi

A RPSEA-funded project in Mississippi successfully generated geothermal energy from co-produced fluids during a six month demonstration period.  Gulf Coast Green Energy and ElectraTherm installed a Green Machine at a Denbury Resources well site near Laurel, Mississippi.  Hot water separated from the oil entered the Green Machine and generated electricity.  A report on this project is available here.  

Power from low temperature geothermal in Nevada

ElectraTherm has successfully commissioned a Power + Generator at the Florida Canyon Mine in Imlay, Nevada.  Hot water produced on site enters the Organic Racine Cycle (ORC) Power + to generate electricity.  A video and additional information are available on the .

Flare gas to power in North Dakota

Gulf Coast Green Energy (GCGE), along with HARC and Environmentally Friendly Drilling have installed a Power + generator in the Bakken Shale Play in North Dakota.  This project at a Hess Corporation site captures natural gas that would otherwise be flared and uses the gas to generate electricity.   A has shown that emissions are lowered when the Power+ generator is used.  More information is available in this , on the , in this .

Waste heat captured from compressor station in Minnesota

In a project supported by Chevrolet, Basin Electric has teamed up with Ormat to capture the heat generated at a compressor station on a natural gas pipeline in Garvin, Minnesota.  A video of the project is available .  

Additional projects are described in presentations from previous °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â Geothermal Lab Power Plays conferences.  Check out the "Oil and Gas Projects" section of Conference Presentations for more details.