A Methodology for Assessing the Favourability of Geopressured-Geothermal Systems in Sedimentary Basin Plays: A Case Study in Abruzzo (Italy)

Figure 7

Thermal model. (a) Elevation map of the top of carbonate units hosting the regional reservoir together with the depth (referring to the sea level) of the 90°C isotherm. The gray lines encompass the sector in which the threshold temperature of 90°C is above the base of the Pliocene deposits. The main recharge areas (outcrops of carbonate units) and the deep exploratory wells are also reported. (b) Comparison between the corrected bottom hole temperatures (black square) and the modelled thermal profiles from selected clusters of wells ((a), dashed white lines). The error bar of ±10% is also reported.

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