Integration of Well Logging and Remote Sensing Data for Detecting Potential Geothermal Sites along the Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological and Tectonic Setting
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Well Logging Data
3.2. Remote Sensing Data Set and Analysis
3.2.1. Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
3.2.2. Thermal Infrared Data
3.3. Geological Units Layer
3.4. GIS-Based Geothermal Potential Model
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Well Name | Latitude | Longitude | Depth (m) | Gulf of Mexico | Horner | ||
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(°F) | (°C) | (°F) | (°C) | ||||
GS-327 | 28.20 N | 33.57 E | 2542 | 243.74 | 117.6 | 250.24 | 121.2 |
GS-346 | 28.09 N | 33.55 E | 3033 | 247.92 | 119.9 | 249.76 | 120.9 |
GS-277 | 28.41 N | 33.30 E | 4171 | 318.69 | 159.2 | 358.74 | 181.5 |
GS-160 | 28.94 N | 33.99 E | 4226 | 328.65 | 164.8 | 312.60 | 155.8 |
GS-316 | 28.23 N | 33.50 E | 3825 | 274.15 | 134.5 | 259.84 | 126.5 |
Amal-10-A | 28.34 N | 33.34 E | 2600 | 101.52 | 38.6 | 91.91 | 33.2 |
SB-296 | 28.30 N | 33.44 E | 4152 | 268.9 | 131.6 | 267.43 | 130.7 |
SB-367 | 28.03 N | 33.72 E | 3418 | 276.35 | 135.7 | 317.56 | 158.6 |
GS-325 | 28.21 N | 33.44 E | 3184 | 272.82 | 133.7 | 294.93 | 146.1 |
SB-366 | 28.02 N | 33.66 E | 3687 | 312.46 | 155.8 | 330.81 | 166 |
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Fahil, A.S.; Ghoneim, E.; Noweir, M.A.; Masoud, A. Integration of Well Logging and Remote Sensing Data for Detecting Potential Geothermal Sites along the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Resources 2020, 9, 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9090109
Fahil AS, Ghoneim E, Noweir MA, Masoud A. Integration of Well Logging and Remote Sensing Data for Detecting Potential Geothermal Sites along the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Resources. 2020; 9(9):109. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9090109
Chicago/Turabian StyleFahil, Amr S., Eman Ghoneim, Mohamed A. Noweir, and Alaa Masoud. 2020. "Integration of Well Logging and Remote Sensing Data for Detecting Potential Geothermal Sites along the Gulf of Suez, Egypt" Resources 9, no. 9: 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources9090109