Geo-Heat Center's Library Subject Matter Listing

BRINE TECHNOLOGY

Chemistry

Acid --- Age --- Amorphous Silica --- Analytical Methods --- Argon --- Base --- Brine--- Calcium --- Carbonate --- Carbon Dioxide --- Carbonate --- Chemical Analysis --- Chemistry--- Composition --- Corrosion --- Cristobalite --- Deuterium --- Dissolved Gas --- Electrical Conductivity --- Entrained --- Fluid Inclusions --- Geothermometers --- Helium --- Hydrogen Sulfide --- Isotopes --- Metamorphic --- Mineralization --- MSS (Multi Spectral Scanner)--- Nitrogen --- Noble Gases --- Noncondensable Gas --- Origin --- Oxidation State --- Oxygen-18--- Oxides --- pH --- Phosphate --- Sampling --- Scaling --- Sea Water --- Silica --- Silicate --- SMOW--- Steam --- Steam Composition --- Sulfate --- Sulfides

Engineering

Metering --- Process --- Process Control --- Scrubbing --- Separator

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies)

Thermodynamics

Boiling Point --- Bubble Point --- Calorimeters --- Density --- Enthalpy --- Heat Capacity - -- Initial State --- Phase Diagram --- Phase Relations --- Pressures --- Solubility in Brine --- Specific Heat --- Specific Volume --- Temperatures --- Viscosity

DIRECT USE

Applications

Agriculture --- Agribusiness --- Air Conditioning --- Alfalfa --- Animal Husbandry --- Aquaculture --- Balneology --- Bathing --- Catfish --- Cut Flowers --- Dehydration --- District Heating System (Hitaveita, Icelandic) --- Drying --- Enhanced Oil Recovery --- Fish Farming --- Food Processing --- Gold Recovery --- Greenhouses --- Greenhousing --- Heap Leaching --- Heat Exchangers --- Hitaveita --- Home Heating --- Hot House --- Hot Tubs --- Hydroponics --- Industrial --- Leaching --- Lumber Drying --- Manufacturing --- Potted Plants --- Prawns --- Refrigeration --- Residential Heating --- Roses --- Shrimp --- Snow Melt --- Soil Sterilization --- Space Conditioning --- Space Heating --- Spas --- Tilapia --- Vegetables

Engineering

Absorption --- BTU (British Thermal Unit) --- Cascading (Cascade) --- COP (Coefficient of Performance) --- Colocation (Co-Location) --- Degree Days (Heating, Cooling, DD) --- EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) --- Fan Coil --- Flow Rate --- Fluidized Bed --- Heat Load --- Heat Pumps --- Injection --- Life Cycle Cost --- Low Enthalpy --- Low Temperature (Less than 90 C [194 F]) --- Moderate Temperature (90 to 150 C [194 to 302 F) --- Radiant Floor --- Reinjection --- SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating) --- Utilization Factor

Equipment/Materials

Ammonia Water --- Chillers --- Corrosion --- Distribution Systems --- DHE (Downhole Heat Exchanger) --- Finned Pipe --- Heat Recovery Chiller --- Jet Pump --- Lithium-Bromide --- Piping --- Plate Heat Exchanger --- Pumps --- Shaft Drivers --- Shell and Tube --- Submersible U-Tube

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Citations --- Economics --- References --- Review Article --- Royalty

DRILLING

Equipment

Air --- Air Drilling --- Air Packs --- Annular Preventor --- Baker Tanks --- Banjo Box --- Bits --- Blooie Lines --- Buttress Threads --- Cable Tool (Rig Drilling) --- Casing --- Casing Collapse --- Casing Collars --- Casing Failures --- Casing Grades --- Casing Rupture --- Collapse --- Collars --- Compressors (Air Compressor) --- Derrick (Mast) --- Diamond Bits --- Drag Bits --- Drill Collars --- Drill Pipe --- Drill Strings --- Drilling Mufflers --- Dyna Drill --- EZSV (Drillable Bridge Plug) --- Flow Tree --- Frac Tanks --- Heavy Weight Drill Pipe --- Hole Opener --- Hydril --- Junk --- Kuster --- Liner Hangers --- Liners --- Mouse Hole --- Mud Motors --- Packers --- Pitcher Nipple --- Production Packers --- Production Tubing --- Reamers --- Rig Tests --- Rotary --- Rotary Table --- Rotary Rig --- Rotating BOP Stripper --- Rotating Head --- Shaker Table --- Slick Line --- Stabilizers --- Straddle Packers --- Stratigraphic Test --- Subbase --- Test Packer --- Threads --- Tool Joint --- Tricone Bits --- Tubing --- Tungsten Carbide Insert Bits --- Wellhead --- Whipstock --- Work Over Rigs

Logs

--- Caliper Logs --- Cement Bond Log --- Chip Board --- Chip Logs --- Combination Logs --- Cuttings --- Deviation Logs --- Electric Logs --- Gamma Ray Logs --- Kuster Tools --- Lithologic Logs --- Log Sonde --- Logging Tools --- Mud Logs --- Multishot --- Pressure Logs --- Radioactive Logs --- Rock Chips --- Sonic Logs --- Spinner Survey --- Temperature Logs --- Well Logging

Mud

Additives --- Aerated Mud --- Bentonite --- Density --- Drilling Medium --- Foam --- Foam Drilling --- Mud Pits --- Reserve Pit --- Sumps

Operations

Acidizing --- Cement Additives --- Cement Bonding --- Cementing --- Core Barrel --- Core Bits --- Coring --- Deviation --- Diamond Core Drilling --- Diamond Drilling --- Directional Drilling --- Drilling Rate --- Electric Log --- Fishing --- Fracturing --- Gamma Ray --- Grout --- Horizontal Drilling --- Hydraulic Fracturing --- Injection --- Kickoff Point --- LCC (Lost Circulation Cementing) --- LCM (Lost Circulation Material) --- Lost Circulation Zone --- Plug Back --- Preliminary Pressure Test --- Primary Cement Job --- Rat Hole --- RTTS (Run, Test, Treat, Squeeze) --- Redrill --- Reinjection --- Reverse Circulation --- Slant Drilling --- Stimulation --- Wireline Coring --- Work Over

Safety

Acoustics --- Blow Out Controls --- Blow Out Preventors --- Blow Outs --- BOPE (Blow Out Prevention Equipment) --- BOPE Stack --- Complete Shutoff Point --- H₂S Detection --- H₂S Monitoring --- OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) --- Pipe Rams --- Shear Rams

Wells

Bridge --- Cellars --- Confirmation Well --- Core Hole --- Cuttings --- Discovery Well --- Disposal Well --- Dry Steam Well --- Exploratory Well --- High Temperature Well --- Injection Well --- Lost Circulation Zone --- Production Well --- Slim Hole --- Steam Well --- Temperature Gradient Hole --- Tight Well --- Water Well --- Well Pad --- Wildcat Well

ECONOMICS

Construction

BOO (Build Own Operate) --- BOOT (Build Own Operate Transfer) --- BOT (Build Own Transfer) --- Engineering Procurement and Construction --- Estimates --- Fast Track --- Feasibility Study --- O & M (Operations & Maintenance) --- Pilot Projects --- Prefeasibility

Contracts

Agreements --- Avoided Cost --- Brine Contract --- Concession --- Geothermal Lease --- Insurance --- IPP (Intermountain Power Project) --- Joint Ventures --- Leases --- Loan Centers --- Marketing --- Power Sales Agreements --- Privatization --- Production Contract --- Resource Concession --- Standard Offer No. 2 Contract (SO2 Contracts) --- Standard Offer No. 4 Contract (SO4 Contracts) --- Steam Contract --- Wheeling

Financing

Bonds --- Construction Loans --- Debit Financing --- Debit Forecasts --- Environmental Bonds --- Equity --- Equity Financing --- Intangible Drilling Cost --- Loans --- Long-Term Loans --- Management Fees --- Operating Costs --- Performance Bonds --- Pricing --- Project Financing --- Risk --- Risk Analysis --- Royalty --- Short-Term Loans --- Sinking Fund --- Sunk Costs --- Take Out Loans --- Term Loans

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Forecasts --- Project Assessment --- Project Forecast --- QF (Qualified Facility) --- Supply Side Management

Taxes

Assessment --- County Taxes --- Depletion Allowance --- Depreciation Allowance --- Energy Tax Credits --- Income Tax --- Investment Tax Credit --- Property Tax --- Sales Tax --- State Taxes --- Tax --- Tax Credit

ENVIRONMENTAL

General

Annual Reports --- Assessment --- Baseline --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- EIS (Environmental Impact Statements) --- ER (Environmental Reports)

Impact

Atmosphere --- Biological --- Chemical --- Geological --- Habitat --- Hazards --- Hydrological --- Spills --- Subsidence --- Underground

Migration

Biodegradation --- Bioremediation --- Chemical --- Physical

Pollution

Air Pollution --- Air Quality --- Antimony --- Arsenic --- Barium --- Boron --- Carbon Dioxide --- Chromium --- H₂S --- Hazardous Waste --- Hydrogen Sulfide --- Lead --- Mercury --- Noise --- Priority Metals --- Radon --- Selenium --- Silver --- Water Quality

Regulatory

Clean Air Act --- Clean Water Act --- EPA --- NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act) --- RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) --- State Agencies

EXPLORATION

General

Annual Reports --- Anomalies --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Conceptual Models --- Models --- Studies

Geochemical Surveys

Age Dating --- Argon --- Boron --- Carbon --- Chemical Analysis --- Chemistry --- Chloride --- Cristobalite --- Deuterium --- Equilibrium Temperature --- Fission Track --- Fluid Inclusions --- Fluorescence --- Geochemistry --- Geothermometers --- Helium --- Hydrothermal Alteration --- Inferred --- Infrared --- Isotopes --- K-Ar --- Lead --- Mercury Survey --- Mineralization --- MSS (Multi Spectral Scanner) --- NaCO₂ --- NaCl --- Oxygen --- pH --- Ppb (Parts Per Billion) --- Ppm (Parts Per Million) --- Ppt (Parts Per Trillion) --- Potassium Argon --- Radioactivity --- Radiometric Dating --- Radon --- Salinity --- Silica --- Soil Gas --- Steaming Ground --- Sulfur --- TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) --- Trace Elements --- Tritium --- Uranium Thorium --- Water Rock Reaction --- X-Ray Diffraction

Geological Surveys

Alteration (Hydrothermal) --- Ash Flow Tuff --- Batholith --- Basalt --- Blind Resource (Use for Hidden or Cryptic Resource) --- Caldera --- Carbonate Deposit --- Chalcedony --- Fault Fault Zone --- Felsite --- Fractures --- Fumaroles --- Gangue --- Geochronology --- Geologic --- Geologic Hazards --- Geologic Maps --- Geologic Models --- Geology --- Geysers --- Granite Heat Source --- Hot Ground --- Hot Rock --- Hot Spot --- Igneous --- Lithology --- Logs --- Magma --- Magma Chamber --- Mantle Plume --- Mapping --- Metamorphic --- Molten Rock --- Mud Pots --- Nuee Ardent --- Opal --- Ore Minerals --- Petrographic Studies --- Petrography --- Plate Tectonics --- Pluton --- Pyroclastic --- Quartz --- Resurgent Dome --- Rhyolite --- Rift Zone --- Scoria --- Sinter --- Soil Surveys --- Spreading Centers --- Step Out Well --- Stock --- Subduction Zone --- Tectonics --- Tephra --- Thematic Mapping --- Transform Fault --- Travertine --- Tufa --- Volcanic Core --- Volcanics

Geophysical Surveys

AMT (Audiomagnetotelluric) --- Conductivity --- Control Source --- CSAMT (Controlled AMT) --- Curie Point --- Diffraction --- Dipole --- Earthquakes --- Electrical Conductivity --- Electromagnetic --- Geophysics --- Gradients --- Gravity --- Gravity Survey --- Heat Flow --- Magnetic Survey --- Magnetotelluric --- Microearthquake --- Microseism --- P-Wave --- Point Source --- Poisons Ratio --- Reflection --- Refractions --- S-Wave --- Seismic Noise --- Self Potential --- Snow Melt --- Spontaneous Potential --- Temperature --- Temperature Gradient --- Temperature Indicators --- Thermal Anomaly --- Thermal Conductivity --- Thermal Diffusivity Tomography

Hydrologic Surveys

Aquifer --- Cold Springs --- Groundwater --- Hot Springs --- Hydrology --- Porosity --- Precipitation --- Reservoir Models --- Reservoir Rocks --- Sandstone Reservoir --- Springs --- Surface Waters --- Thermal Springs

Remote Sensing

Aerial Photographs --- Air Photographs --- Airborne Surveys --- ERTS (Earths Resource Technology Satellite) --- LANDSAT --- Lineament Analysis --- Photo Geology --- SatelliteImagery --- SPOT (French Satellite Imagery)

GENERAL

Assessment --- Accessible Resources --- Blind Resources --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Confirmed Resource --- Convection Systems --- Cryptic Resources --- Education --- Geopressured --- Hidden Resources --- High Temperature --- HDR --- Hot Dry Rock --- Hydrothermal --- Identified Resources --- Inaccessible Resources --- KGRA (Known Geothermal Resources Area) --- Liquid Dominated --- Low Temperature --- Magma --- Magma Energy --- MWe (Megawatt Electric) --- MWt (Megawatt Thermal) --- Moderate Temperature --- Public Information --- Quads --- Renewable Energy --- Reserves --- Resource Assessment --- Resource Base --- Summary Update --- Sustainable Energy --- Undiscovered Resources --- Vapor Dominated

GEOTHERMAL ASSOCIATIONS

Canadian Geothermal Energy Association --- Georgian Geothermal Energy Association --- GDO (Geothermal Drilling Organization) --- GGA (Geysers Geothermal Association) --- GRA (Geothermal Resources Association) --- GRC (Geothermal Resources Council) --- GRSJ (Geothermal Research Society of Japan) --- GTO (Geothermal Technical Organization) --- Indonesian Geothermal Energy Association --- IVGA (Imperial Valley Geothermal Association) --- IGA (Int'l Geothermal Association) --- IGSHPA (Int'l Ground Source Heat Pump Association) --- JGEA (Japan Geothermal Energy Association) --- MGA (Mexican Geothermal Association) --- NGA (National Geothermal Association) --- New Zealand Geothermal Energy Association --- OLADE (Organization Latino American De Energia) --- Romanian Geothermal Energy Association

GEOTHERMAL SCHOOLS

Geothermal Training Program - Iceland --- Geothermal Research Center - Japan --- Geothermal Institute - New Zealand --- International Institute for Geothermal Research - Italy --- Instituto Internazionale Per Le Richerche Geotermiche - Italy --- Instituto de Ingenieris - Mexico

HEAT PUMPS

Applications

Commercial Heat Pumps --- Commercial Installation --- Industrial Heat Pumps --- Residential Heat Pumps --- Residential Installations --- Water Heating

Engineering

ASHP (Air-Source Heat Pump) --- Air-to-Air --- Antifreeze --- Circulation Fluids --- Closed Loop --- COP (Coefficient of Performance) --- DSM (Demand Side Management) --- Efficiency --- EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) --- Gel --- GHP (Geothermal Heat Pump) --- GCHP (Ground-Coupled Heat Pump) --- GSHP (Ground-Source Heat Pump) --- GTHP (Geothermal Heat Pump) --- GWHP (Ground-Water Heat Pump) --- Ground Loop --- Grout --- Heat Exchanger --- Horizontal Loop --- Injection --- Lake --- Load Leveling --- Load Management Loop --- Mud --- Open Loop --- Pond --- Pump and Dump --- Ratings --- Reinjection --- River --- SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) --- SEFHP (Seasonal Performance Factor) Slinky (Coil of Plastic Tubing) --- Soil Moisture --- Storage Tanks --- Thermal Conductivity Thermal Diffusivity --- Thermal Resistance --- Vertical Loop --- Water-to-Air --- Water Source --- Water-to-Water --- Working Fluid

General

Annual Reports --- ARI (American Refrigeration Institute) --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)

HOT DRY ROCK

Engineering

Back Pressure --- Closed-Loop --- Cogeneration --- Cooling --- Cyclic --- Directional Drilling --- Drilling --- Dry Hot Rock --- Frack Pressure --- Hydraulic Fracturing --- Injection --- Injection Well --- Multiwell --- Packer --- Parallel Wells --- Power Generation --- Pressure --- Pressure Profile --- Pressure Spallation --- Pressure Stimulation --- Production Well --- Propagate --- Propant --- Pumped Storage --- Pumps --- Reinjection --- Reservoir --- Seismometer --- Single Well System --- Stimulation --- Straddle Packer

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Budget --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Costs --- Economics --- Potential

Geology

Basement --- Basement Rock --- Fault --- Fault Zone --- Fracture Cloud --- Fracture Gradient --- Fractures --- Granite --- Hot Wet Rock --- Joint --- Joint Dilation --- Microearthquake --- Microseismic --- Penny Fracture --- Pluton --- Pore Pressure --- Precambrian --- Radioactive --- Reservoir --- Seismic Event --- Seismicity --- Water Loss

Heat

Gradient --- Heat Anomaly --- Heat Flow --- Heat Mining --- Temperature --- Temperature Gradient --- Thermal Drawdown --- Thermal Gradient --- Thermal Spallation

Sites

Akinomiya --- Clear Lake --- Fenton Hill --- France --- Germany --- Hijori --- Japan --- Lake County --- Navopachie --- New Zealand --- Rosemanowes --- Roosevelt --- Russia --- Second Site --- Soultz --- United Kingdom --- Urach --- Yugoslavia

Testing

Conservative Tracer --- Huff and Puff --- Impedance --- Inert Tracer --- Instrumentation --- Logging --- LTFT (Long-Term Flow Test) --- Modeling --- Profile --- Radioactive Tracer --- Temperature Sensitive Tracer --- Tracer

LEGAL

Contracts

Brine Contracts --- Confidential Agreements --- Confidential Information --- Construction Contracts --- D & O Insurance --- Errors and Omissions --- Insurance --- Joint Venture --- Liability --- Limited Partnerships --- Litigation --- O & M Contracts --- Partnerships --- Power Purchase Contracts --- Reservoir Insurance --- Securities --- Steam Contracts --- Suit --- Transmission Contracts --- Wheeling Contracts

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Patents --- Proprietary Information --- Intellectual Property Rights

Land

Acquisitions --- Federal Leases --- Fee Land --- Fee Simple --- Land Use --- Leases --- Options --- Private Leases --- State Leases --- Unit Agreements --- Unitization --- Zoning

Regulatory

Bills --- CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) --- Environment --- Environmental Law --- Environmental Policy --- Federal Geothermal Laws --- Federal Geothermal --- Regulations --- Federal Law --- GRO (Geothermal Drilling Order) --- Legislation --- PURPA (Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act) --- RCRA (Resources Conservation and Regulatory Act) --- State Geothermal Laws --- State Laws

POWER GENERATION

Components

Air Ejectors --- Blowers --- Brines --- Brine Modifications --- Chemistry --- Circulating Pumps --- Circulating Water --- Circulating Water Pumps --- Coating --- Compressors --- Condensate --- Condensate Pump --- Condensings --- Condensers --- Corrosion --- Coupons --- Feed Pumps --- Flash Steam --- Flask Tanks --- Gas Compressors --- Gas Ejectors --- Gas Removal Systems --- Gear Boxes --- Generators --- Heat Exchangers --- Hot Well --- Isobutane --- Loops --- Lube Oil Pumps --- Motors --- Power Fluid --- Pumps --- Separators --- Steam --- Steam Turbines --- Superheating --- Surface Condensers --- Tube and Shell --- Turbine Blades --- Turbines --- Two Phase --- Well Head Generator --- Working Fluid

Controls

Codes --- Computers --- Distribution Control Systems --- Monitoring --- Operator Interface --- Process Control --- Program --- Relay Protection Systems --- Software --- Software Programs

Cooling

Air Cooling --- Cooling Towers --- Cooling Waters --- Draft --- Dry Cooling --- Natural Draft --- Spray Ponds --- Wet Cooling

Cycle and Systems

Binary Systems --- Bottoming Cycles --- Camot Cycle --- CO₂ --- Double Flash --- Dual Flash --- Flash Binary --- Flash Plants --- Geothermal Woodwaste --- Hybrid Systems --- Kalina Cycle --- Magma Max --- Noncondensing --- Organic Rankine Cycle --- Pentane --- Power Cycle --- Power Plant Cycle --- Propane --- Rankine Cycle --- Single Flash --- Topping Cycle

Electric

Busbar --- Circuit Breaker --- Electric Transmission --- Excitation Systems --- Grid --- Impulse --- Load Centers --- Power Grid --- Power Transmission --- Substations --- Transformers --- Transmission --- Transmission Efficiency

Engineering

Barometric --- Direct Contact --- Efficiency --- Embrittlement --- Enthalpy --- Materials --- Metallurgy --- Operating Designs --- Operating Systems --- O & M --- Power Plant Design --- Power Plant Maintenance --- Reliability Factor --- Scaling --- Stainless --- Steel --- Stress Corrosion Cracking --- Thermodynamics --- Titanium --- Turbine Design --- Turbine Roll --- Vacuum

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Economics --- Startup

Spent Fluids

Fluid Injection --- Gas Disposal --- H₂S (Hydrogen Sulfide) H₂S Abatement --- H₂S Incinerators --- H2S Scrubbers --- Injection Noncondensable Gas ---Particulate --- Reinjection --- Scrubbers --- Surface Disposal Underground

PRODUCTION

Components

Cap Tubing --- Capillary Tubing --- Central Separators --- Coiled Tubing --- Computers --- Condensate Collection --- Corrosion --- Downhole Pumps --- Drilling Muffler --- Expanding Wellhead --- Expansion Adaptor --- Expansion Joint --- Expansion Loop --- Fiberglass --- Flow Lines --- Flow Meters --- Flow Rates --- Gathering System --- Instrumentation --- Insulation --- Lubricator --- Main Separators --- Metering --- Mufflers --- Noise --- Orifice Plates --- Pipe Lines --- Piping System --- Process Controls --- Production Rate --- Production Separator --- Production Silencer --- Pumps --- Rock Muffler --- Separators --- Silencer --- Spool --- Steam Traps --- Submersible --- Vent Muffler --- Well Line Separators

Fluids

Brine --- CaCO₂ (Calcium Carbonate) --- CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) --- Chemical Composition --- Chemical Equilibrium --- Chemical Inhibition --- Condensate Collection --- Disposal System --- Flow Rates --- Gas Injection --- H₂S (Hydrogen Sulfide) --- HCl (Hydrochloric Acid) --- Inhibitor --- Nitrogen Lift --- NCG (Noncondensable Gas) --- Scale --- Scaling --- Silica --- Steam --- Steam Quality --- Sulfides --- Superheat Steam --- Two Phase --- Well Stimulation

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Decline Rates --- Field Management --- Operator Interface --- Production Monitoring --- Program Codes --- Reservoir Management --- Software

Wells

Air Lift --- Downhole --- Injection --- Injection Island --- Injection Packer --- Injection Piping --- Injection Pump --- Injection System --- Line Shaft --- Line Shaft Pump --- Reinjection --- Wellheads

REGULATORY

Agencies

BLM (Bureau of Land Management) --- CEC (California Energy Commission) --- CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) --- DOG (Div. of Oil & Gas, CA) --- DOGAMI (Div. of Geology & Mineral Industries, OR) --- DOGM (Div. of Oil & Gas Mining, UT) --- EPA (Environmental Protection Agency ) --- FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) --- FPC (Federal Power Commission) --- NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) --- ODE (Oregon Department of Energy) --- OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) --- PSC (Public Services Commission) --- PUC (Public Utilities Commission) --- USFWL (United States Fish and Wildlife) --- USFS (United States Forest Service) --- USGS (United States Geological Survey) --- WAPA (Western Area Power Authority) --- WSCC (Western Systems Coordinating Council)

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- DSM (Demand Side Management) --- Diversity

Regulations

Abandonments --- Adder --- Archeology --- Audits --- Avoided Cost --- EA (Environmental Assessment) --- EIR (Environmental Impact Report) --- EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) --- Environmental --- Environmental Audits --- Externalities --- Fuel Mix --- Hazardous Waste Management --- Integrated Resource Planning --- Land Use --- Least Cost Planning --- Legislation --- Permitting --- Plugging --- POD (Plan of Development) --- Preferences --- Production Tax Credit --- QF (Qualified Facility) --- SSM (Supply Side Management) --- Set Asides --- Unit Agreements --- Unitization

RESEARCH AGENCIES

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies)

International

BRGM (Bureau De Recherches Geologiques Et Minieres, France) --- DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand) --- GSJ (Geothermal Survey of Japan) --- IIE (Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Mexico) --- MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan) --- NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan) --- UN (United Nations)

United States (Federal)

Battelle Northwest Laboratories --- BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) --- DOE Chicago --- DOE NREL Operations Office --- DOE SAN --- DOE ABQ Operations Office --- DOE San Francisco Field Office --- DOE (U.S. Dept. of Energy) --- DOE ID (Dept. of Energy, ID) --- INEL (Idaho National Engineering Laboratory) --- LBL (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) --- LLL (Lawrence Livermore Laboratory) --- LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) --- NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) --- ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) --- PNWL (Pacific North West Laboratory) --- SANDIA (Sandia National Laboratory) --- Scrips Institute of Oceanography --- USGS (United State Geological Survey) --- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

United States

CEC (California Energy Commission) --- DOGAMI (Div. of Geology & Mineral Industries, OR) --- IID (Imperial Irrigation District) --- NBMG (Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology) NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures) --- State of Alaska --- WSEO (Washington State Energy Office)

Universities (Worldwide)

Brown University --- Colorado State University --- DRI (Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada) --- MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) --- NMIT (New Mexico Institute of Technology) --- NMSU (New Mexico State University) --- OIT (Oregon Institute of Technology) --- Penn State University --- Princeton University --- SEMU (Southeastern Massachusetts University) --- SMU (Southern Methodist University) --- STDI (Southwest Technology Development Institute) --- Stanford (Stanford University) --- SDSU (San Diego State University) --- UA (University of Alaska) --- UAZ (University of Arizona) --- University of Auckland, New Zealand --- UCLA (Univ. of CA, LA) --- UCR (University of CA, Riverside) --- UCSD (Univ. of CA, San Diego) --- UH (University of Hawaii) --- UND (University of North Dakota) --- UNLV-DES (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Div. Earth Sciences) --- UNM (University of New Mexico) --- UU (University of Utah) --- UURI (University of Utah Research Institute, Earth Sciences Laboratory) --- UW (University of Wyoming) --- VPI (Virginia Polytechnic Institute)

Private

EEI (Edison Electric Institute) --- EG&G ID (EG&G Idaho) --- Geothermal Energy Institute --- EPRI (Electric Power --- Research Institute)

RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

General

Annual Reports --- Assessment --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- Economics --- Effects --- Present Worth --- Risk Analysis

Reservoir Parameters

Aquifers --- Brines --- Conduction --- Convection --- Convection System --- CO₂ Cap --- Depletion --- Dry Steam --- Dual Porosity --- Enthalpy --- Equilibrium --- Excess Enthalpies --- Fluid Flow --- Formation Damage --- Fracture Flow --- Fractures --- Heat Capacity --- Heat Flow --- Heat Transfer --- High Temperature Reservoir (Greater than 150 C [302 F]) --- Hydrostatic Pressure --- Hydrogen Sulfide --- K (Permeability) --- Latent Heat --- Litostatic Pressure --- Low Temperature Reservoir (Less than 90 C [194 F]) --- Mass Flow --- Mass Transfer --- Meteoric Water --- Modeling --- Moderate Temperature Reservoir (90 - 150 C [194 - 302 F]) --- Multi Phase --- NaC1 --- Natural Fractures --- Permeability --- Phase --- Pore Pressure --- Porosity --- Porous Media --- Pressure --- Reservoir Evaluation --- Reservoir Insurance --- Reservoir Pressure --- Reservoir Stimulation --- Sandstone Reservoir --- Sandstone Temperature --- Scale --- Silica --- Single Phase --- Skin --- Skin Damage --- Skin Factor --- Steam Fraction --- Super Heat --- Temperature --- Transmissivity --- Two Phase --- Vapor Cap --- Vapor Dominated --- Vapor Pressure --- Viscosity --- Water --- Wet Steam

Reservoir Models

Boundary Conditions --- Decline Curve --- Decline Temperature --- Finite Difference --- Finite Element --- Forecast --- Initial State --- Lumped Parameters --- Models --- Numerical Modeling --- Numerical Simulators --- Parameters --- Simulation --- TETRAD (Reservoir Eng. Code) --- Thermodynamics --- TUFF (Reservoir Eng. Code)

Well Tests

Atmosphere --- Bars --- BHP (Bottom Hole Pressure) --- Breakthrough --- Buildup Tests --- Calorimeters --- Condensing --- Darcys --- Disposal --- Drawdown Tests --- Drawdowns --- DST (Drill String Test) --- Flow Meters --- Flow Tests --- Gamma Ray --- Gas Tracers --- Hydraulic Fracturing --- Injection --- Injection Test --- Injection Wells --- Interference Testing --- Interference Tests --- James (Russell) Method --- James Tube --- Lip Pressure Method --- Liquid Tracers --- Logging --- Logs --- Material Balance --- Measuring Devices --- Milli --- Mud Logs --- Pascals --- Pressure --- Pressure Decline --- Pressure Devices --- Production --- PTA (Pressure Transient Analysis) --- PTS (Pressure/Temp/Spinner) --- PTT (Pressure Transient Testing) --- PVT (Pressure Volume and Temperature) --- Production --- Psia --- Pump Test --- Radioactive Fluids --- Reinjection --- Sampling --- Slug Tests --- Surveys --- Test Configuration --- Test Methods --- Tests --- Thermocouples --- Thermometers --- Total Discharge --- Tracers --- Vortex Meters --- Weir Box --- Well Logging --- Well Logs --- Well Tests --- Wire Line

UTILITIES

General

Annual Reports --- Area Load --- Average Demand --- Avoided Cost --- Baseload --- Baseload Unit --- Busbar --- Capacity --- Case Histories (Case Studies) --- DSM (Demand Side Management) --- Distribution System --- Grid --- Integrated Resource Planning --- Interconnections --- Intertie --- IOU (Investor Owned Utility) --- Least Cost Planning --- Load Factor --- Load Management --- MW (Megawatt) --- MUNI (Municipally Owned Utility) --- Peak Load --- Power Mix --- QF (Qualified Facility) --- Quad --- Reserve Generation Capacity Reserve Margin --- REA (Rural Electric Cooperative) --- Service Area --- SS (Supply Side) Transmission --- Transmission System --- Wheeling

Canada

BC HYDRO (British Columbia Hydro) --- Ontario Hydro

Central America

ICE (Instituto Costarricense De Electricidad, Costa Rica) --- INDE (Instituto Nacional De Electrificacion, Guatemala) --- IRHE (Instituto De Recursos Hidraulicos y Electrificacion, Panama)

Italy

ENEL (Ente Nationale per Energia Electrica, Italy)

Japan

Kyushu Electric Toohoku Power & Light

Kenya

KPLC (Kenya Power & Lighting Co.)

Mexico

CFE (Comision Federal De Electricidad, Mexico)

Philippines

PNOC (Pilippean National Oil Company, Philippines)

United States

AZP (Arizona Public Service) --- BPA (Bonneville Power Authority) --- EKPC (East Kentucky Power Cooperative) --- FPL (Florida Power & Light) --- Pacific Corporation --- PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) --- PGE (Portland General Electric) --- PSG&L (Puget Sound Gas & Electric) --- PP&L (Pacific Power & Light) --- PROVO (City of Provo) --- PSI (Public Service of Indiana) --- PSNM (Public Service New Mexico) --- SCE (Southern California Edison) --- SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) --- Seattle City Light --- SP (Sierra Pacific) --- UPL (Utah Power & Light)

WELL COMPLETION

Components

Butterfly Valve --- Casing --- Expanding Wellheads --- Expansion Spools --- Liners --- Materials --- Metallurgy --- Perforated Liners --- Production Valves --- Slotted Liners --- Spools --- Stainless Steel --- Tubing --- Valves --- Well Casing --- Wellheads

General

Annual Reports --- Bibliographies --- Case Histories (Case Studies)

Operations

Acidizing --- Cementing --- Perforation --- Wellhead Completion