Date (Publication)

2024

Citation identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608366

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

• Geothermal energy

• Sandstone reservoirs

• Geothermal maps

• Aquifers

• Devonian

dataCentre

• UK Location (INSPIRE)

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations

Other constraints

The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Other constraints

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section ( iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial representation type

Grid

Distance

500  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language

English

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

CENTRAL REGION (SCOTLAND) [id=147300]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier

Midland Valley Basin [id=1000334]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geological gazetteer 2005 creation

Begin date

2024

End date

2025

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

Name	Version

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey	Enquiries	enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk	UK Geothermal Platform Web Map

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://ukgeothermalplatform.org	UK Geothermal Platform

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Other

dataset

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 × 500 × 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.

Metadata

File identifier

2f98f2ff-2ee5-37b7-e063-0937940a4ed0 XML

Metadata language

English

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-05-08

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Geological Survey		enquiries@bgs.ac.uk	Point of contact

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608366