Dr Sean Watson
- Research Associate (Systems Power & Energy)
Publications
2024
Brown, C.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Lyden, A., Franken, L., Kerr, N., Marshall-Cross, D., Watson, S., Falcone, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Friedrich, D. and Diamond, J.
(2024)
Assessing the technical potential for underground thermal energy storage in the UK.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199,
114545.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114545)
2023
Nibbs, William, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Watson, Sean and Falcone, Gioia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Onshore Wells for Geothermal Use in the United Kingdom: Application as
Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,
2021
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2021)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Use in the UK: a Preliminary Resource Assessment.
In: World Geothermal Conference 2020+1, Reykjavik, Iceland, 24-27 October 2021,
Willems, Cees J.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-8598, Cheng, Chaojie, Watson, Sean M., Minto, James, Williams, Aislinn, Walls, David, Milsch, Harald, Burnside, Neil M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623 and Westaway, Robert
(2021)
Permeability and mineralogy of the Újfalu Formation, Hungary, from production tests and experimental rock characterization: implications for geothermal heat projects.
Energies, 14(14),
4332.
(doi: 10.3390/en14144332)
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Burnside, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623
(2021)
Revaluating Glasgow’s Heat Flow Dataset to Account for Corrections for Palaeoclimate: a
Case Study of the Maryhill Borehole.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland, 24-27 October 2021,
2020
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2020)
Reply to comment by Alison A. Monaghan, David A.C. Manning, and Zoe K. Shipton on ‘Repurposing hydrocarbon wells for geothermal use in the UK: the onshore fields with the greatest potential, by Watson et al. (2020)’.
Energies, 13(23),
6382.
(doi: 10.3390/en13236382)
Watson, Sean M. and Westaway, Rob (2020) Borehole temperature log from the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site: a record of past changes to ground surface temperature caused by urban development. Scottish Journal of Geology, 56(2), pp. 134-152. (doi: 10.1144/sjg2019-033)
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2020)
Repurposing hydrocarbon wells for geothermal use in the UK: the onshore fields with the greatest potential.
Energies, 13(14),
e3541.
(doi: 10.3390/en13143541)
2019
Westaway, Rob, Watson, Sean, Williams, Aaron, Harley, Tom and Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2019)
Geometry of the Butterknowle Fault at Bishop Auckland (County Durham, UK), from gravity survey and structural inversion.
Technical Report.
Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
(doi: 10.1002/essoar.10501104.1).
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Burnside, Neil M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623
(2019)
Digging deeper: the influence of historic mining on Glasgow’s subsurface thermal state to inform geothermal research.
Scottish Journal of Geology, 55(2),
pp. 107-123.
(doi: 10.1144/sjg2019-012)
Watson, S.M., Falcone, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, R.
(2019)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Energy Production and Storage.
All-Energy Exhibition and Conference, Glasgow, UK, 15-16 May 2019.
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2019)
A Review of Deep Geothermal Energy and Future Opportunities in the UK.
In: European Geothermal Congress 2019, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-14 Jun 2019,
2018
Gluyas, J.G. et al. (2018) Keeping warm: a review of deep geothermal potential of the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 232(1), pp. 115-126. (doi: 10.1177/0957650917749693)
2015
Younger, Paul L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-8479, Feliks, Michael E.J., Westaway, Robert, Mccay, Alistair T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-9093, Harley, Thomas L., Elliott, Thomas, Stove, Gordon D.C., Ellis, Jenny, Watson, Sean and Waring, Andrew J.
(2015)
Renewing the Exploration Approach for Mid-Enthalpy Systems: Examples from Northern England and Scotland.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 19-25 April 2015,
Articles
Brown, C.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Lyden, A., Franken, L., Kerr, N., Marshall-Cross, D., Watson, S., Falcone, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X, Friedrich, D. and Diamond, J.
(2024)
Assessing the technical potential for underground thermal energy storage in the UK.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199,
114545.
(doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114545)
Willems, Cees J.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-8598, Cheng, Chaojie, Watson, Sean M., Minto, James, Williams, Aislinn, Walls, David, Milsch, Harald, Burnside, Neil M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623 and Westaway, Robert
(2021)
Permeability and mineralogy of the Újfalu Formation, Hungary, from production tests and experimental rock characterization: implications for geothermal heat projects.
Energies, 14(14),
4332.
(doi: 10.3390/en14144332)
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2020)
Reply to comment by Alison A. Monaghan, David A.C. Manning, and Zoe K. Shipton on ‘Repurposing hydrocarbon wells for geothermal use in the UK: the onshore fields with the greatest potential, by Watson et al. (2020)’.
Energies, 13(23),
6382.
(doi: 10.3390/en13236382)
Watson, Sean M. and Westaway, Rob (2020) Borehole temperature log from the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site: a record of past changes to ground surface temperature caused by urban development. Scottish Journal of Geology, 56(2), pp. 134-152. (doi: 10.1144/sjg2019-033)
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2020)
Repurposing hydrocarbon wells for geothermal use in the UK: the onshore fields with the greatest potential.
Energies, 13(14),
e3541.
(doi: 10.3390/en13143541)
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Burnside, Neil M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623
(2019)
Digging deeper: the influence of historic mining on Glasgow’s subsurface thermal state to inform geothermal research.
Scottish Journal of Geology, 55(2),
pp. 107-123.
(doi: 10.1144/sjg2019-012)
Gluyas, J.G. et al. (2018) Keeping warm: a review of deep geothermal potential of the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 232(1), pp. 115-126. (doi: 10.1177/0957650917749693)
Research Reports or Papers
Westaway, Rob, Watson, Sean, Williams, Aaron, Harley, Tom and Middlemiss, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-6750
(2019)
Geometry of the Butterknowle Fault at Bishop Auckland (County Durham, UK), from gravity survey and structural inversion.
Technical Report.
Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
(doi: 10.1002/essoar.10501104.1).
Conference or Workshop Item
Watson, S.M., Falcone, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, R.
(2019)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Energy Production and Storage.
All-Energy Exhibition and Conference, Glasgow, UK, 15-16 May 2019.
Conference Proceedings
Nibbs, William, Brown, Christopher S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-6031, Kolo, Isa
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7709-0716, Watson, Sean and Falcone, Gioia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2023)
Repurposing Onshore Wells for Geothermal Use in the United Kingdom: Application as
Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2023, Beijing, China, 4-6 Sept 2023,
Watson, Sean M., Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X and Westaway, Rob
(2021)
Repurposing Hydrocarbon Wells for Geothermal Use in the UK: a Preliminary Resource Assessment.
In: World Geothermal Conference 2020+1, Reykjavik, Iceland, 24-27 October 2021,
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Burnside, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4110-2623
(2021)
Revaluating Glasgow’s Heat Flow Dataset to Account for Corrections for Palaeoclimate: a
Case Study of the Maryhill Borehole.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2021, Reykjavik, Iceland, 24-27 October 2021,
Watson, Sean M., Westaway, Rob and Falcone, Gioia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-673X
(2019)
A Review of Deep Geothermal Energy and Future Opportunities in the UK.
In: European Geothermal Congress 2019, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11-14 Jun 2019,
Younger, Paul L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-8479, Feliks, Michael E.J., Westaway, Robert, Mccay, Alistair T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-9093, Harley, Thomas L., Elliott, Thomas, Stove, Gordon D.C., Ellis, Jenny, Watson, Sean and Waring, Andrew J.
(2015)
Renewing the Exploration Approach for Mid-Enthalpy Systems: Examples from Northern England and Scotland.
In: World Geothermal Congress 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 19-25 April 2015,
Research datasets
2021
Willems, C., Cheng, C., Watson, S., Minto, J., Williams, A., Walls, D., Milsch, H., Burnside, N. and Westaway, R. (2021) Mezőberény X-CT imagery. [Data Collection]