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(GP/GT) for Additional Water Supply in the Lower Rio Grande

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CONTENTS<br />

ABSTRACT ...<br />

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

BACKGROUND . .<br />

APPROACH . . .<br />

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS<br />

HYDROTHERMAL-GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENTS<br />

THE GEOPRESSURED RESOURCE<br />

GEOPRESSURED DEVELOPMENTS . . . . . .<br />

Power Generation ........ .<br />

Potential Industrial Applications<br />

Desal<strong>in</strong>ation ., ..... .<br />

Gas Use and Sales ....... .<br />

Pollutant Removal ....... .<br />

Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery ..<br />

Sulfur Frasch<strong>in</strong>g ........ .<br />

Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipel<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Coal Desulfurization and Preparation<br />

Lumber and Concrete Products Kiln<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Paper and Cane Sugar Industries .<br />

Chemical Process<strong>in</strong>g . . . . . . . . .<br />

Chemicals <strong>in</strong> Geopressured Fluids<br />

Potential Agriculture and Aquaculture Applications<br />

Greenhous<strong>in</strong>g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Production Plot Warm<strong>in</strong>g and Frost Protection .<br />

Rear<strong>in</strong>g of Fish, Crustaceans, Exotics, Turtles,<br />

and Alligators<br />

Process<strong>in</strong>g<br />

ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . .<br />

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Economic Methodology and Assumptions<br />

Desal<strong>in</strong>ation Economics ...... .<br />

Agriculture/Aquaculture Economics ..... .<br />

Desal<strong>in</strong>ation/Agriculture/Aquaculture Economic<br />

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Results<br />

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