| Preliminary Workflow for Subsurface Fracture Mapping Using 3D Seismic Surveys: A Case Study from the Cooper Basin, South Australia |
Abul Khair, Hani; Cooke, Dennis; King, Rosalind; Hand, Martin; Tingay, Mark |
Fractures; Reservoir modeling; HDR/EGS; Seismic surveys |
Cooper Basin; curvature; ant tracks; fracture mapping; fracture susceptibility |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Simulation Tools for Modeling Thermal Spallation Drilling on Multiple Scales |
Walsh, Stuart D. C.; Lomov, Ilya; Kanarska, Yuliya; Roberts, Jeffery J. |
Drilling; Thermal spallation |
Geothermal; thermal spallation drilling; numerical modeling; Engineered Geothermal Systems |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Multiple-Leg Completions Improve Drilling Performance at the San Jacinto Field |
Steffen, Marc; Mackenzie, Ken; Phillips, Ron |
Drilling; Forked wells |
Drilling; whipstock; San Jacinto field; Nicaragua; forked completion; multi-lateral |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Three-Dimensional Drilling Simulation of Geothermal Drilling |
Shiratani, Hidehiro; Nakagawa, Masami |
Drilling; Fractures |
Drilling; rock cutting; fracture; numerical analysis; PFC3D |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Drifting Cement Plugs for Geothermal Wells |
Rickard, William M.; Hernandez, Jonathan; Bailey, Alan |
Lost circulation plugs |
Cement plug; balanced plug; drift plug; geothermal cementing; lost circulation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| PDC Bits Outperform Conventional Bit in Geothermal Drilling Project |
Raymond, David; Knudsen, Steven; Blankenship, Doug; Bjornstad, Steve; Barbour, Joel; Schen, Aaron |
Drilling; Drill bits |
Chocolate Mountains; drilling; geothermal; PDC Bit; Roller Cone; granite |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Effects of CO2 on Geothermal Cements |
Milestone, Neil B.; Bigley, Carl H.; Durant, Andrew T.; Sharp, Matthew D. W. |
Cementing; Carbon dioxide; Fluid rock interaction; Corrosion |
Dissolved CO2; carbonation; corrosion; CO2 attack; cement durability |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| An Innovative Method for Drilling Well-Bores: Apparatus for Drilling Deeper and Wider Wellbores (ADDWW) |
Lakic, Nikola |
Drilling; Equipment design |
In-ground drilling; drilling method; deep wellbore; wide wellbore; motorized drill head; excavations; cooling system; heat exchanger; apparatus for drilling deeper and wider wellbores; self contained in-ground geothermal generator |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| A Directional Geothermal Well in Turkey: GK-4 Case Study |
Kuyumcu, Ozgur Caglan; Solaroglu, Umut Z. D.; Akar, Sertac; Ipek, Bahadir |
Directional drilling |
Directional drilling; exploration; reservoir development; reinjection; short term flow test |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Laser-Enhanced Drilling for Subsurface EGS Applications |
Ezzedine, Souheil; Rubenchik, Alexander; Yamamoto, Robert; Vorobiev, Oleg |
Laser enhanced drilling; Equipment design; Numerical modelin |
Drilling; laser; geothermal; hard rock; EGS; laser-enhanceddrilling; laser-assisted-fracturing |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| The Effect of Drilling Fluid and Temperature on the Cement-Rock Interaction in Geothermal Wells |
Da Silva, Joao R. M. C.; Milestone, Neil B.; Johnston, James H. |
Cementing; Bentonite; Drilling fluids; Hydrothermal alterati |
Cement-rock interaction; geothermal well cements; ignimbrite; bonding; drilling-fluid; bentonite |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Cross-Functional Teams for Planning and Monitoring Drilling Projects |
Bailey, Alan; Ohren, Mary; Balamir, Ozgur; Hernandez, Jonathan |
Drilling; Operations management |
Drilling projects; project planning; planning drilling; drilling programs; drilling risk; lessons learned; project management |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Direct Use of Geothermal Water at the Solage Calistoga Resort, Napa County, California |
Poux, Bastien; Serrano, Vito; Brophy, Paul |
Direct use system design; Balneology; Reservoir modeling |
Direct-use; spa; balneology; space heating; geothermal; Calistoga; Napa; Sonoma |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| The Canby Geothermal Project: A Community-Based Geothermal Development |
Merrick, Dale |
Drilling |
Geothermal district heating; direct-use; cascaded uses; drilling; exploration; greenhouse; aquaculture |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Experiment of Heat Transfer in Downhole Heat Exchangers with a Promoter Pipe |
Haiyan Lei; Xuezhang Liu; Chuanshan Dai |
Downhole heat exchangers; Equipment design |
Downhole heat exchanger; promoter pipe; aquifer; heat convection; heat output |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Online Monitoring of Corrosion in Slightly Saline Geothermal Water in Iceland |
Kristmannsdottir, H.; Thorarinsdottir, R. I.; Sveinbjornsson, A. S.; Jonsdottir, F. |
Corrosion; Equipment design; Remote monitoring |
Corrosion; online monitoring; differential ER; saline; lowtemperature geothermal water |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Direct Use of Boiling Saline Water in the Oxafjordur Heating System in NE Iceland--Production Problems and Solutions |
Kristmannsdottir, Hrefna; Bjornsson, Axel |
Direct use; District heating/cooling; Brine chemistry; Corro |
Direct use; saline geothermal water; boiling water; scaling; corrosion |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Use of Geothermal Energy in Dairy Processing |
Kiruja, Jack |
Direct use; Industrial applications |
Dairy processing; pasteurisation; absorption chilling; heat exchanger; milk powder; Nakuru |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| A 400 kW Geothermal Power Generator Using Co-Produced Fluids from Huabei Oilfield |
Shouliang Xin; Hongbin Liang; Bing Hu; Kewen Li |
Oil and gas co-production |
Geothermal power generator; co-production; oil reservoirs; low temperature; Huabei; China |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |
| Proposed Reliability Code for Heat Flow Sites |
Richards, Maria; Blackwell, David; Williams, Mitchell; Frone, Zachary; Dingwall, Ryan; Batir, Joseph; Chickering, Cathy |
Heat flow; Temperature gradients; Industry standards |
Heat flow; thermal conductivity; quality; reliability; bottomhole temperature; well logging |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2012 |
English |