摘要
The geological-geophysical, methological, and economic aspects of extraction and utilization of petrothermal resources (“hot dry rock thermal- for thermal and electric energy production were considered. Heat collectors are hydraulic fracturing zones of natural or artificially made cracks in the crystalline rocks of the basement; these rocks have higher temperature and can be a kind of “thermal cauldron.-Detection of such “collectors-can be carried out by geophysical methods. When pumped out of wells and warmed to 100-00°C, waters function as a heat transfer for thermal energy supply and electric energy generation. If the technical problem of the rapid drilling of 6-0 km wells could be solved, then petrothermal energy will become competitive with the traditional types of energy production and supply.