Comments on: Geothermal Co-production with Petroleum? http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/21/geothermal-co-production-with-petroleum/ Mike Harding's Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: terry hallinan http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/21/geothermal-co-production-with-petroleum/#comment-8678 terry hallinan Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:55:31 +0000 http://www.montaraventures.com/blog/?p=321#comment-8678 "That’s a fascinating idea; I have to wonder why the technologically advanced oil firms aren’t already making use of it?" I would guess the beating Big Oil took on geothermal in the 80's and 90's soured them on the whole field. jaws did not have nearly as ferocious a bite as a dwarf minnow inhabiting Borax Lake in eastern Oregon. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/recoprog/states/species/gilabora.htm The Borax Lake Chub is an endangered fish that inhabits the edges of a "hot lake" created by a natural geothermal well. Unfortunately for Chevron, that lake is the only one where he lives in splendid isolation. Such lakes in the high desert country of southeastern Oregon aren't overly hospitable to fish where lakes tend to be intermittent in the first place. Chevron spent a few bucks on geothermal exploration in the area. In truth it was a bit early with the economics of the binary cycle geothermal plants not yet competitive. They are competitive now but oil companies got burned once and do not seem eager to take another whirl with a hot date. Best, Terry “That’s a fascinating idea; I have to wonder why the technologically advanced oil firms aren’t already making use of it?”

I would guess the beating Big Oil took on geothermal in the 80’s and 90’s soured them on the whole field.

jaws did not have nearly as ferocious a bite as a dwarf minnow inhabiting Borax Lake in eastern Oregon.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/recoprog/states/species/gilabora.htm

The Borax Lake Chub is an endangered fish that inhabits the edges of a “hot lake” created by a natural geothermal well. Unfortunately for Chevron, that lake is the only one where he lives in splendid isolation. Such lakes in the high desert country of southeastern Oregon aren’t overly hospitable to fish where lakes tend to be intermittent in the first place.

Chevron spent a few bucks on geothermal exploration in the area. In truth it was a bit early with the economics of the binary cycle geothermal plants not yet competitive.

They are competitive now but oil companies got burned once and do not seem eager to take another whirl with a hot date.

Best, Terry

]]> By: Carey http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/21/geothermal-co-production-with-petroleum/#comment-7134 Carey Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:32:31 +0000 http://www.montaraventures.com/blog/?p=321#comment-7134 That's a fascinating idea; I have to wonder why the technologically advanced oil firms aren't already making use of it? Think it has something to do with them being more powerful now than any time since the days of Standard Oil? http://www.yourcreditnetwork.com/blog/OilAFortuneFoundedOnBusinessCredit.aspx I figured they wouldn't want to lend credence to alternative energy, but I'm a cynic. That’s a fascinating idea; I have to wonder why the technologically advanced oil firms aren’t already making use of it?

Think it has something to do with them being more powerful now than any time since the days of Standard Oil?
http://www.yourcreditnetwork.com/blog/OilAFortuneFoundedOnBusinessCredit.aspx

I figured they wouldn’t want to lend credence to alternative energy, but I’m a cynic.

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