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Geothermal - Utah

Geothermal - Utah. Program Drivers Areas of Geothermal Potential – Prospectively Valuable and Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRA) Land Use Plans Leasing – Competitive & Noncompetitive

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Geothermal - Utah

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  1. Geothermal - Utah • Program Drivers • Areas of Geothermal Potential – Prospectively Valuable and Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRA) • Land Use Plans • Leasing – Competitive & Noncompetitive • Exploration and Development

  2. Program Drivers • Laws, regulations (43CFR3200) exploration, leasing, operations, utilization, & units, etc. • National Energy Policy, BLM Implementation Plan, Tasks • BLM Mineral Policy

  3. Minerals Policy • Public Lands not withdrawn will be available for exploration & development • Encourage private industry to explore and develop resources • Timely Process Permits

  4. Minerals Policy • Ensure land use plans recognize mineral development and reflect current information • Ensure proper resource recovery and maintain an efficient I&E program • Maintain personnel knowledgeable in mineral extraction

  5. Geothermal Potential • Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA) • Prospectively Valuable • Recent and Past Studies 1) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – DOE 2003 2) UGS Geothermal Resources of Utah Open File Report 397:2002 3) USGS Circular 790: 1978

  6. Utah KGRAs • Prior to September 1, 1988, Utah maintained 127,853 acres in KGRAs. After a 1988 lease sale (competitive interest), only 58,484 acres remained. • Current KGRAs (59,125ac) are: 1) Cove Fort – Sulphurdale (24,853ac) 2) Crater Hot Springs (8,320ac) 3) Roosevelt Hot Springs (25,311ac) 4) Thermo Hot Springs (641ac)

  7. Prospectively Valuable • Lands prospectively valuable for geothermal resources total approximately 5.7 million acres • Located throughout Utah

  8. Land Use Plans • Plans are an allocation of resources – What lands are available for leasing with what restrictions (stipulations). • Current Plans Will be Used. • Supplemental Program Guidance – Minerals input into planning process. Potential, occurrence, RFD, and stipulations. • Scheduled Updates and Revisions of Plans Identified as having near term potential. • Participation – everyone invited

  9. Schedule • Planning Areas Identified with Near Term Potential 1) Cedar, Beaver, Garfield, Antimony, RMP - 1984 2) Warm Springs Resource Area RMP – 1987 3) House Range Resource Area RMP – 1986 • New Plan for Cedar City Field Office – 2005 • New Plan for Fillmore Field Office – not scheduled

  10. Leasing • Competitive Process 1) Un-leased Lands within KGRA 2) NEPA review 3) Sealed Bid, Evaluation, SGFI • Noncompetitive Process 1) All other lands 2) File Application 3) NEPA review, SGFI

  11. Leasing Figures – Public Land States • Arizona - One noncompetitive lease 1240 ac • California - 16 noncompetitive leases 13,280 ac and 68 competitive leases 95,132 ac • New Mexico - 6 noncompetitive leases 7081 ac

  12. Leasing Figures – Public Land States • Nevada - 177 noncompetitive leases 268,916 ac and 72 competitive leases 90,375 ac • Oregon - 49 noncompetitive leases 48,648 ac and 10 competitive leases 6463 ac • Utah – 2 noncompetitive leases 1988 ac and 10 competitive leases 10,902 ac

  13. Exploration and Development Permitting • Exploration Operations (3250) • Drilling Operations (3260) • Utilization Operations (3270) • Unitization (3280) • Proposed action is filed by applicant; BLM reviews proposal, prepares NEPA compliance record, and issues decision.

  14. Exploration and Development Permitting • Exploration operations (3250) are activities associated with the search for evidence of the geothermal resource. Such activities may include geophysical operations, and gradient holes.

  15. Exploration and Development Permitting • Drilling Operations (3260) are the drilling of wells for the purpose of performing flow tests, producing geothermal fluids, or injecting fluids into a geothermal reservoir. Geothermal Drilling Permit requirements are contained in this part.

  16. Exploration and Development Permitting • Utilization operations (3270) are the permitting and operating procedures for the utilization of geothermal resources. This includes electrical generation facilities, direct use facilities, related utilization facility operations, actual and allocated well field production and injection, and related well field operations.

  17. Exploration and Development Permitting • Requirements for plan of utilization, construction permit, site license, commercial use permit are include in these regulations. • Unitization (3280) is the process of voluntary pooling of interest to develop a logical area of development.

  18. Utah Organization • Utah State Office, Division of Lands and Minerals – Records, leasing, agreements & determinations, policy & guidance. • Field Offices – Planning, operational approvals and compliance.

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