Legacy BGS geothermal models: theoretical potential 'heat-in-place' for the Upper Devonian in hot sedimentary aquifers in the Midland Valley of Scotland
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024
0115 936 3276
0115 936 3276
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- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- Geothermal energy
- Sandstone reservoirs
- Geothermal maps
- Aquifers
- Devonian
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- grid Grid
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- 500 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- EnglishEnglish
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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CENTRAL REGION (SCOTLAND) [id=147300]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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Midland Valley Basin [id=1000334]
- Date (Creation)
- 2005
- Begin date
- 2024
- End date
- 2025
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
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0115 936 3276
- OnLine resource
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UK Geothermal Platform Web Map
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.
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UK Geothermal Platform
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.
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Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
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- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
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- No
- Statement
- The theoretical potential 'heat-in-place' (HIP) in the Upper Devonian formations of the Midland Valley of Scotland was calculated as part of a first regional-scale assessment of the deep geothermal potential of hot sedimentary aquifers in Scotland. The study considers the Kinnesswood Formation and Stratheden Group as the main target units, and includes the construction of an updated 3D geological model. The HIP was calculated for resource temperatures greater than 50 °C (minimum temperature required for direct-use applications of geothermal energy) using the 3DHIP tool (Piris et al., 2021). The tool is based on the USGS volumetric HIP method developed by Muffler and Cataldi (1978). It uses a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the P50 probability distribution function for the HIP based on the P50 distribution of the reservoir volume, derived from the updated 3D geological model (depth and thickness of the Kinneswood Formation and Stratheden Group), gridded at an XYZ spatial resolution of 500 x 500 x 50 m, and the temperature distribution. Constant values for the mean reservoir porosity (11.4%), fluid density (1040 kg/m3), rock density (2495 kg/m3), fluid specific heat capacity (3.8 kJ/kg°C) and rock specific heat capacity (0.943 kJ/kg°C) was attributed to the reservoir based on an analysis of various studies and available borehole data. The average temperature gradient of 26.6 °C/km calculated from available equilibrium and/or deep temperature data was used to map the temperature distribution within the reservoir, assuming a surface temperature of 8 °C. An upper depth cut-off of 1400 m, which corresponds to a reservoir temperature of c. 50 °C, was used to calculate the theoretical geothermal resources available for direct use only, assuming a reference (i.e. reinjection) temperature of 25 °C.
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- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608366
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