Energy

Hydrocarbons

In Austria, economically relevant amounts of petroleum and natural gas are located in the subsurface of the Vienna Basin and in the Molasse Zone. Annual production by the two remaining Austrian oil companies, RAG andOMV, averages 1 million tons of crude ...

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy results from heat stored deep inside the Earth. Ambient temperatures at the Earth’s surface increase continuously with depth and exceed 4,000°C in the Earth’s core. The heat emanates constantly from the Earth’s interior and has been used for centuries. ...

The Deep Subsurface

A set of thematic maps covers the sedimentary basins framing the Eastern Alps from Salzburg to Linz, St. Pölten, Vienna, Eisenstadt and Graz, at a scale of 1:200,000. The maps display magnetic, gravimetric and geological structures ...