Bryan Higgins

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Earth and Climate Sciences

bryan.higgins@duke.edu

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Student Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment

Student Nicholas School of the Environment

Recent Publications

Repurposing horizontally drilled oil & gas wells for geothermal systems using a coaxial borehole heat exchanger

Journal Article Energy Conversion and Management · January 2026 Full text Cite

Techno-economic assessment of repurposing oil & gas wells for Enhanced Geothermal Systems: A New Mexico, USA feasibility study

Journal Article Energy Conversion and Management X · October 1, 2024 Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) produce renewable power that can complement variable renewable sources such as wind and solar, but EGS is expensive to deploy due to high cost of drilling geothermal wells. Repurposing abandoned or declining oil and gas we ... Full text Cite

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