| Smarter Geothermal Field Development with an Agentic Artificial Intelligence System |
Randy HARSUKO, Zhengfa BI, Nori NAKATA |
Emerging Technology |
AI agent, geothermal development, digital twin, chatbot |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Preliminary Sedimentary Geothermal and Lithium Resource Assessments in the Great Salt Lake and Wendover Areas, Utah, USA |
Franek J. HASIUK, Hannah S. GATZ-MILLER, Jennifer M. FREDERICK, Carolina MUÑOZ-SAEZ, Petra M. PEIRCE |
Geology |
Utah, Geothermal, Lithium |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Simple Method to Extract Heat Transfer Area and Predict Thermal Lifetime |
Adam J. HAWKINS |
Reservoir Engineering |
heat transfer area, tracer, pressure drop, thermal performance, short circuit, premature thermal breakthrough, predictive models |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Optimization of Closed-Loop Shallow Geothermal Systems Using Analytical Models |
Oliver HEINZEL, Smajil HALILOVIC, Thomas HAMACHER, Michael ULBRICH |
Low Temperature |
shallow geothermal energy, optimization, borehole heat exchangers, closed-loop systems, ground source heat pump |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Introduction to the 51st Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
Roland HORNE |
Introduction |
2026, Stanford |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Evaluation of Proppant Performance in Maintaining Fracture Conductivity Under Simulated Geothermal Reservoir Conditions |
Najiba HOZEH, Wahidur RAHAMAN, Xuejun ZHOU, Sree Sujon SUTRADHOR, Ahmad GHASSEMI |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
crush resistance, flow-through experiments, fracture conductivity, proppant, proppant-pack |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Impact of Well Placement on Heat Recovery in Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Jinchuan HU, Mukul M. SHARMA |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Well Placement, Thermal fracturing, Goethermal |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Rayleigh-Frequency-Shift Distributed Strain Sensing (RFS-DSS) of Huff-Puff Tests Conducted at Utah FORGE |
Ghoulem IFRENE, Matthew W BECKER, Dana JURICK, Artur GUZIK |
FORGE |
Rayleigh DSS, DTS, near-wellbore compliance, Utah FORGE, cyclic injection, huff-puff tests, EGS, DFOS |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Multidisciplinary Assessment of a Potential Hidden Geothermal System: Insights from Northeastern Reese River Valley, North-Central Nevada |
Nada Mareechi JACINTO, James E. FAULDS, Tait EARNEY, Jonathan GLEN, Nicole HART-WAGONER, Cary LINDSEY, and Jared PEACOCK |
Field Studies |
INGENIOUS, Great Basin, play fairway analysis, geothermal exploration, favorable structural settings, Nevada |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| On the Detectability and Appraisal of Hydraulic Fractures Generated with Electrically Conductive Proppant at the Utah FORGE Site Using Borehole Electromagnetic Measurements |
Axel JECONIAH, Weichen ZHAN, Wardana SAPUTRA, Cristian F. DOMINGUEZ, Durra H. SAPUTERA, Carlos TORRES-VERDÃN, Cheng CHEN, Parisa BAZAZI, and Jennifer MISKIMINS |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
enhanced geothermal system (egs), triaxial electromagnetic (em) logging, propped fracture imaging, fracture connectivity, reservoir characterization, inversion methods, low-frequency electromagnetics. |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Expanding Geothermal Energy Utilization Through a New Solid-State Thermoelectric Power Generator |
Ziming JING, Kirk NUZUM, Mukul M. SHARMA |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Thermoelectric generator; geothermal energy; waste-heat recovery; solid-state energy conversion; parasitic load reduction; system integration |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Characterization of Mineral Scales and Corrosion Products at the Utah FORGE Enhanced Geothermal System Laboratory |
Clay JONES, Stuart SIMMONS, Joe MOORE |
FORGE |
Mineral Scale, Corrosion, Fluid Chemistry, Fluid Additives, EGS, SEM, XRD, EDS, XRF |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Sub-surface Rock Alteration Mapping of OW 205 at Olkaria Geothermal System Using Conventional Laboratory Techniques and Hyperspectral Imaging of Drill Cuttings |
Mathew KAMAU |
Geology |
Drill cuttings, Alteration, Petrographic, Spectroscopy |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Development of Fluid Flow Control Technology Using Thermoresponsive Gel |
Hiroto KANEKO, Yusuke MUKUHIRA, Noriaki WATANABE, Ryota TAMURA, Takayuki NONOYAMA, Ippei OSHIMA, Kizuku KUSHIMOTO, Shingo ISHIHARA, Takuya ISHIBASHI, Junya KANO, Takatoshi ITO |
Emerging Technology |
Fluid flow control, Short circuit, Thermoresponsive gel, EGS, Fluid flow, Injection, Permeability |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Three Dimensional Seismic Explorations in Kijiyama Geothermal Field in Akita, Japan Using the DFOS (Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing) System in Four Geothermal Boreholes in 2022, 2024, and 2025 |
Junzo KASAHARA, Yoko HASADA, Masaru SUZUKI, Tomohiro TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi OHNUM, Hisashi TATSUNOKUCHI, Issei HIGASHI, Hiroki SAITOH, Yuki YAMAYURA, Yoshihiro FUJISE |
Geophysics |
DAS, Seismic survey, geothermal reservoirs, Vp structure, seismic reflection image, anisotropy |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Supercritical Geothermal: Resources, Drilling Experience, and Technological Gaps |
William KIBIKAS, Tatiana PYATINA, Meng MENG, Eva SCHILL, Nicole TAVERNA, Scott MELLO, Travis BROADHURST, Patrick DOBSON |
Emerging Technology |
Supercritical conditions, drilling and well construction, testing and modeling |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Evidence of Direct Fluid Connections Between Hydraulic Fractures and Pre-existing Faults at the Cape Station EGS Project |
Taeho KIM, Eric M. DUNHAM, Sireesh DADI, Paul SEGALL, Richard L. GIBSON, Jr., Aleksei TITOV, Shanna CHU, Jack NORBECK |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Hydraulic fracturing, Induced seismicity, Physics-based modeling |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Measuring the Geothermal Resource in the Steward Mineshaft |
Jaewon KIM, James TINJUM, Dante FRATTA, David HART |
Field Studies |
Mineshaft, temperature profile, flow logging, geophysics, low-temperature geothermal, LIDAR |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Tracer Flow Testing for Determination of Mass Flow Rates and Enthalpies, Case Study for KenGen-Olkaria Production Wells |
Felix KIRUI |
Tracers |
Tracers, Naphthalene Sulphonates, Sulphur Hexafluoride, Mass flow, Enthalpy, Two-phase flow |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |
| Predicting Mineralogical Changes and Porosity Alterations in EGS Reservoirs: Insights from Reactive Transport Modeling at the FORGE Site |
Ram KUMAR, Lynn B. MUNDAY, Stuart SIMMONS, Clay JONES, Ming YANG, Ghanshyam NEUPANE, Robert SMITH, Rachael COLLDEWEIH, Travis MCLING, Robert PODGORNEY |
FORGE |
FORGE, EGS, FALCON, Thermal-hydrological-chemical |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2026 |
English |