Declining North Sea Oil Output - It Is Time To Consider Alternate Uses For The Platforms

Recycling spent oil and gas wells - Having seen theRice of Reading University in the 1980's has
problems disposing of the Brent Spar oil platform, it istheoretically proved the compatibility of the two
time to look for alternate uses for offshorecycles and has shown very large increases in
platforms when it becomes uneconomical for themefficiency and power output, combined with reduced
to continue production.One alternate use could be theconstruction costs and maintenance.The theory of
extraction of geothermal energy. The continentaloperation - Special fluids operating in a hermetically
shelf in the UK, where these platforms are situated,sealed pipe system transfer the heat from the
has a relatively thin earth's crust, giving the wells highbottom of the well to the surface, by vaporising and
bottom hole temperatures. Heat from these wellsmoving at near sonic velocity. This vapour pressure is
can be utilised to generate electricity and, by the useused directly to drive the turbo generator and is
of submersible cables, help power the nationalcondensed, in an offshore situation by cold seawater,
grid.The extraction system utilises geothermal heatbefore returning via the feed pump to the base of
transferred from a hydrothermal reservoir into athe well. The minimum depth of the well needed to
combined Ultra-Large-Scale Heat Pipe/High Speeddrive turbo generators depends on the geothermal
Organic Rankine Cycle Turbine. The system, which isgradient. In some cases this could be as small as 900
called GEESOR (Geothermal Energy Extractionmeters. It may be better to look at the minimum
System Organic Rankine), overcomes the problemsbottom hole temperature: this would be in the region
of reinjection, two-phase fluid movement andof 150 degrees C, although efficiency would be
environmental pollution by using a clean working fluidgreatly improved with a bottom hole temperature of
in a closed cycle. The creation of a reservoir,400 degrees C.The bottom 1000m of the well is
fracturing and primary fluid movement will also benormally fractured to allow the heat from the
covered. The system describes an economicalreservoir to transfer to the heat pipe. In a
alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear power as thehydrothermal field, heat is transferred by convection
main source of electrical power generation for thecirculation over the 1,000 metres of exposed
next millennium.Governments around the world areformation. Additional angled drilling and hydraulic
constantly looking for new innovative forms offracturing to aid this process could be utilised.The
energy. Geothermal energy has by far the greatestbottom 1,000 meters of the heat pipe is either rifled
potential when it's put in context with the reservesor has a capillary liner to increase the surface area
of all forms of energy.When one looks at the planetand allow rapid expansion of the working fluid. The
on which people live, One see that the entire fossilworking fluid is sprayed from a return tube where
fuels, i.e. coal, oil and gas, come from the earth'scondensed fluid is reintroduced to the evaporator
crust. The crust makes up only 0.4% of the totalsurface. This allows the conversion of liquid to vapour
mass of the planet, the remaining 99.6% being hotterto take place over a very large surface area. The
than 500 degrees C within the crust, increasing tovaporised fluid flows up the heat pipe to the turbine.
5000 degrees C at the core.The pressures areCooling water in the condenser provides a strong
constantly generating the heat naturally. This meanspressure differential across the turbine thus
that geothermal energy is infinite in its nature, as it isgenerating maximum power. A small feed pump on
naturally renewable.Geothermal energy is naturalthe turbine shaft reinjects the working fluid to
nuclear energy - The way the planet is constructed,complete the cycle.20 years ago George Lockett
in the form of a number of layers or shells, meansknown now as HealerGeorge took out a patent on
that the heat can reach the surface without anythis system and planned to develop the idea into a
trace of nuclear contamination. The radius of theworking demonstration plant but the fall in crude oil
Earth is 6000 kilometres. This distance from theprices prevented this. Now crude oil prices have
centre to the surface forms a natural shield and isalmost doubled and the oil industry is in World decline;
infinitely safer than any man made nuclearit is time to start to look at this system
reactor.The principles of the GEESOR - The systemagain.Message channelled by George Lockett (C)
has been designed to extract geothermal energy outCopyright 2006, All Rights Reserved.* New book * "A
of spent oil and gas wells by the transfer of heatJourney into the Self -- the multi-dimensional nature
from the hydrothermal field using Heat Pipeof being human": HealerGeorge Web Site and New
technology. The heat pipe transfers heat to theBookDescription: What is this book going to do for
surface. The working fluid from the heat pipe isYOU? For those who are seeking a complete
utilised directly in a high-speed organic rankine turbineenergetic makeover, as you read it you will feel a
system.The main innovation is the combination ofstirring and awakening in the depths of your heart.
these two separate cycles, the heat pipe connectingFor those who have questions about Shifts in
directly to the organic rankine cycle without the needConsciousness, Energy Balancing and Healing within
for a heat exchanger. Work undertaken by Dr. G.the body, you will find clear answers.