Underhill, Gary K.; Carlson, Ronald A.; Clendinning, … - 2006
The geopressured zone, assuming the presence of natural gas and high water productivity, may be used to produce … 63?/M Btu and a unit power cost of 46 mills/kwh. The conversion efficiency of the plant, including hydraulic turbine … energy from the well head overpressure, was 10.3%. This low efficiency accounts for the high unit power cost. A one-well, 1 …