| A Forecast of Geothermal Drilling Activity |
Brown, Gerald L.; Mansure, A. J. |
Drilling; Well completion; Economics |
Drilling; Direct Use; Power Generation; Forecasts |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1981 |
English |
| Continuous Chain Drill Bit Developments |
Newsom, M. M.; St. Clair, J. A.; Stoller, H. M.; Varnado, S. G. |
Drilling; Drill bits |
Drilling; DOE; Sandia; Diamond Bits; Drilling Rate; Economics |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1978 |
English |
| Geothermal Turbodrill Field Tests |
Maurer, William C.; McDonald, William J.; Neudecker, Joseph W.; Rowley, John C.; Carwile, Clifton |
Drilling; Downhole motors |
Drilling; Downhole Motors; High Temperature; USA; New Mexico; Fenton Hill; Hot Dry Rock; Granite; Dynamometer; Directional Drilling; High Torque; Roller Core Bits; US DOE; LASL; Terra Tek |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1979 |
English |
| Field Test Results of Improved Geothermal Roller Cone Bits |
Maish, Alexander B. |
Drilling; Drill bits; Air drilling |
Drilling; Drill Bit; Field Test; USA; California; Geysers; Roller Cove; Hard Rocks; High Temperature; Bit Life; Gage Wear; Materials; Hearing Life; Unsealed Bearings; Reamings; Graywacki; Airdrilling; US DOE; Sandia; Terra Tek; Reed Tool Company |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1979 |
English |
| Continuous Chain Bit Development |
St. Clair, J. A.; Duimstra, F. A.; Varnado, S. G. |
Drilling; Drill bits |
Drilling; Drill Bits; Bit Life; USA; Utah; Nevada; Prototype; Development; Economic; Cost; Laboratory Test; Field Test; US DOE; Sandia; Terra Tek |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1979 |
English |
| Analyzing the Dynamic Behavior of Downhole Equipment During Drilling |
Baird, Jerold A.; Caskey, Billy C. |
Equipment design; Drilling; Computer modeling; Drill bits |
Drilling; Drill Strings; Directional Drilling; Software |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1984 |
English |
| Development of Geothermal Capable Elastomers for Use in Ram Type Blowout Preventers Phase IV Testing at Geothermal Wellsite |
Parker, Bruce G. |
Durability testing; Elastomers; High temperature reservoirs; |
Drilling; Drilling equipment; Drilling safety; Packers; Ram blowout Preventers; Ram packer; Blowout Preventers; Pipe rams; Blind rams; Geothermal elastomers |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1995 |
English |
| Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Geothermal Drilling Fluids |
Garcia-Gutierrez, A.; Santoyo, E.; Espinosa, G. |
Drilling; Drilling fluids; convective heat transfer coeffici |
Drilling; Drilling fluids, convective heat transfer coefficients, temperature distribution, numerical flow simulators |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Progress in the Water Jet Assisted Drilling of Rock |
Summers, David A.; El-Saie, Ahmed A. |
Drilling; Drilling fluids; Drill bits |
Drilling; Drilling Rate; Abrasive Fluid Jets |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1978 |
English |
| Baseline Metric for Domestic Geothermal Drilling Rates |
Frone, Zachary; Boyd, Lauren |
Drilling; Economics |
Drilling; Drilling Rate; ROP; R&D; Metrics; California; Nevada |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2018 |
English |
| Recent Developments: Drilling Fluids for Geothermal Applications |
Tuttle, John D. |
Drilling; Drilling; Drilling fluids; potassium; rheology; fi |
Drilling; Drilling, drilling fluids, lubricity, torque, drag, geothermal drilling, mud, potassium, rheology, filtrate control, fluid loss, TORKease, SHALease, Polythin HT, thinner, deflocculant, lost circulation, stuck pipe, inhibition, formation damage |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Development and Testing of a PDC Bit with Passively-Pulsating Cavitating Nozzles |
Raymond, David W.; Grossman, James W.; Chahine, Georges; Glass, Kevin; Black, Alan; Bertagnolli, Ken |
Drilling; Drill bits |
Drilling; Drilling, hard-rock, bit, PDC, cavitation, pulsating, diamond, orifice |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| High-Temperature Diagnostics-While-Drilling System |
Blankenship, Douglas A.; Henfling, Joseph A.; Mansure, Arthur J.; Jacobson, Ronald D.; Knudsen, Steven D.; Chavira, David J. |
Drilling; Drilling; high-temperature; dynamics; diagnostics- |
Drilling; Drilling, high-temperature, dynamics, diagnostics-while drilling, DWD, measurement-while-drilling, MWD |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Update on a Diagnostics-While-Drilling (DWD) System to Assist in the Development of Geothermal Wells |
Blankenship, Douglas A.; Mansure, Arthur J.; Finger, John T.; Jacobson, Ronald D.; Knudsen, Steven D. |
Drilling; Dynamics; Diagnostics-While Drilling; DWD; Measure |
Drilling; Dynamics; Diagnostics-While Drilling, DWD; Measurement-While Drilling, MWD |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| A Simulator for Sensitivity Analysis of Geothermal Well Cost--Recent Results |
Polito, Joseph; Smith, David M. |
Computer modeling; Drilling; Economics; Drill bits |
Drilling; Economics; Costs; Model; USA; Drill Bit; PDC; Bit Cost; Bit Life; Penetration Rate; Computer Model; Technology Sensitivity; US DOE; BDM; Sandia |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1979 |
English |
| U.S. Deep Geothermal Drilling for 1973-1980 |
Gerstein, Robert E.; Entingh, Daniel J. |
Drilling; Deep drilling; Economics; Well completion |
Drilling; Economics; Forecasts; Drilling Summary |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1981 |
English |
| Improved Geothermal Drilling Fluids |
McDonald, William J.; Remont, Larry J.; Carwile, Clifton |
Drilling fluids; Economics |
Drilling; Economics; Mud; Lost Circulation Zone; Corrosion; Drilling Costs |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1978 |
English |
| Geothermal Drilling and Completion Technology Development |
Varnado, S. G.; Stoller, H. M. |
Drilling; Economics; Drilling fluids; Well completion; Drill |
Drilling; Economics; Sandia; Corrosion; Erosion; Busbar Costs; Reduction in Well Costs |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1978 |
English |
| Forked Wellbore Completions Improve Development Strategy |
Yarter, Richard E.; Cavote, Paul E.; Quinn, Don G. |
Drilling; Economics; Directional drilling |
Drilling; Economics; USA; California; Lake; The Geysers; Directional Drilling; Kickoff Point; Redrill; Case History; Sidetracking |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1989 |
English |
| Geothermal Well Cost Sensitivity Analysis: Current Status |
Carson, C. C.; Lin, Y. T. |
Economics; Computer modeling; Drilling; Drill bits; Cementin |
Drilling; Economics; USA; Equipment; Bits; Operations; Cementing |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
1980 |
English |