| Tolhuaca Update |
Wilmarth, Maxwell; Melosh, Glenn; Sussman, David; Swanson, Robert; Cumming, William; Colvin, Anna; Iriarte, Sergio; Lohmar, Silke; Soto, Elizabeth |
Geothermal overviews |
Tolhuaca; Chile; Drilling; Exploration; Discovery |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Deep Slimhole Drilling for Geothermal Exploration |
White, Phil; MacKenzie, Ken; Verghese, Kaycee; Hickson, Catherine |
Exploration; Slimholes |
Resource characterization; Financial risk; Monitoring; Deep geothermal slimholes |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Managing Geothermal Exploratory Drilling Risks: Drilling Geothermal Exploration and Delineation Wells with Small-Footprint, Highly-Portable Hydraulic Diamond Core Rigs |
Tuttle, John D.; Reilly, Steve; Combs, Jim; Welch, Virgil; Listi, Renan |
Drilling; Slimholes; Exploration; Risk management; Economics |
Drilling; Slimhole; Geothermal; Geothermal drilling; Core drilling; Coring; Exploration; Resource; Diamond coring; Drilling risks |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Successfully Applying Micronized Cellulose to Minimize Lost Circulation on the PUNA Geothermal Venture Wells |
Rickard, Bill; Samuel, Abraham; Spielman, Paul; Otto, Michael; Nickels, Nic |
Lost circulation |
Micronized Cellulose; Puna Geothermal Venture; Drilling |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Geothermal Well Cost Update 2010 |
Mansure, A. J.; Blankenship, D. A. |
Drilling; Economics |
Well costs; Drilling; Well construction; Well cost analysis |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Laboratory Study and Field Demonstration of Hydrothermal Spallation Drilling |
Potter, Robert M.; Potter, Jared M.; Wideman, Thomas W. |
Drilling; Hydrothermal spallation; Deep drilling; HDR/EGS |
Thermal drilling; Hydrothermal spallation; Novel drilling technology; Hard rock drilling; Geothermal drilling; Engineered Geothermal Systems; EGS |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| A Second Generation Approach to Total Lost Circulation: An Interwoven Fiber Network to Seal Losses |
Listi, Renan |
Lost circulation |
Lost circulation; Drilling problems |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Drill-In Fluids to Minimize Production Zone Damage in Geothermal Wells |
Listi, Renan; Tuttle, John; Peterson, Neil |
Drilling fluids; Formation damage |
Drilling fluids; Formation damage |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Composite Ceramic Centralizers--An Innovative Solution for Geothermal Well Construction in Highly Corrosive Environments: Case History |
Hernandez, Rafael; Chandarjit, Lyndon; Levie, Iain |
Cementing; Centralizers; Corrosion; Carbon dioxide |
Composite; Ceramic; Centralizers; Slim hole; Galvanic corrosion; CO2; Resistance; Stainless steel |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| High-Performance Cement and Real-Time Temperature Sensing Enables Optimized Wellbore Cementing in CO2 Environments: Case History |
Hernandez, Rafael; Nguyen, Hao; Chandarjit, Lyndon |
Cementing; Carbon dioxide; Corrosion; Well logging |
Non-Portland; CO2 attack; Corrosion; DTS; Aluminate; Foamed cement; Fiber-optics |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Unique, Dual-Injection Cementing Process Contains Gas-Breakthrough Zone in a Geothermal Well: Case History |
Hernandez, Rafael; Nguyen, Hao |
Cementing; Lost circulation |
Foamed cement; Lost circulation; Corrosion; Latex; Gas breakthrough; Dual injection |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Silica-Lime Based Hydrothermal Cements for High-Temperature Geothermal Applications |
Hernandez, Rafael; Brothers, Lance; Martin, Robert |
Cementing |
Non-portland; Cement; Silica; Lime; Hydrothermal; High temperature |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Successful Application of Distributed Temperature-Sensing Technology Improves Geothermal Cementing: Case Histories |
Hernandez, Rafael; Haney, James |
Cementing; Well logging |
DTS; Cementing; Thermal gradient; BHCT |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Steam Blowout from an Over Pressured Geothermal Reservoir in Hungary |
Toth, Aniko |
Blowouts; Well logging |
Steam blowout; Over-pressured geothermal reservoir |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| San Jacinto--The First Five Years |
Randle, J. B.; Ogryzlo, C. T. |
Power plant design and operation; Injection; Geothermal over |
San Jacinto; Nicaragua; Operations |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Reservoir Response to 28 Years of Production at Olkaria I--Kenya |
Ofwona, Cornel O. |
Reservoir management; Production decline |
Olkaria; Kenya; Reservoir; Response; Exploitation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Worldwide Geothermal Utilization 2010 |
Lund, John W.; Bertani, Ruggero |
Geothermal overviews; Direct use; Geothermal heat pumps |
World Geothermal Congress 2010; Electric power; Direct-use; Heat pumps; Energy savings |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| A Status Report: Las Pailas Binary Geothermal Project Guanacaste, Costa Rica: A New Clean Renewable Energy Source for Costa Rica (Pre-Feasiblity to Development Phases and Current Environmental Challenges) |
Hakanson, Edward Charles |
Geothermal overviews |
Las Pailas Geothermal Project; Costa Rica; Binary Plant; Geology; Environmental challenges |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Engineering Local Value: Case Studies from Olkaria and Beyond |
Dunford, Tim; Fishman, Matt; Wallace, Kevin; Ralph, Marshall; Harvey, William |
Power plant design and operation; Operations management; Bus |
Project management; Olkaria; Division of responsibility; Knowledge transfer |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Ngatamariki Project Update |
Boseley, Catherine; Grant, Malcolm A.; Burnell, John; Ricketts, Brian |
Exploration; Reservoir modeling |
Ngatamariki; Conceptual model; Intermediate quaifer; Numerical model |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |