| Drilling for Superhot Geothermal Energy: A Technology Gap Analysis |
Rebecca PEARCE, Tony PINK |
Drilling |
Superhot rock, drilling, temperature management, downhole tools, high-enthalpy geothermal, next-generation geothermal |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Gaps, Challenges, and Pathways Forward for Superhot Rock Geothermal: Summary Report |
Jenna HILL, Terra ROGERS, Megan SEVER |
Emerging Technology |
superhot rock geothermal, siting, characterization, drilling, power production, well completion, heat extraction |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| International collaboration on research into deep superhot roots of geothermal resources through IEA Geothermal |
C. Bromley, J. Hill, B. Carey |
Session 5.3 - COLLABORATION |
superhot geothermal, supercritical, IEA Geothermal, Geothermal TCP, collaboration, deep roots of geothermal systems |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| Quench-Spallation Drilling: A Novel Drilling Head Design for Routine Heat Mining Above the Brittle-Ductile Transition |
Holtzman, B.; Groebner, N.; Mittal, T. |
Drilling; Equipment design; Superhot reservoirs |
Superhot Geothermal, High-temperature Drilling, Quench Spallation Drilling, Deep Heat Mining |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2023 |
English |
| Casing Failures in High Temperature Wells |
Ingason, Kristinn; Árnason, Arnar Bjarki |
Superhot reservoirs; Well casing; Equipment design; Wellbore |
Superhot geothermal systems, well design, casings, thermal expansion, IDDP-1, IDDP-2 |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2022 |
English |
| Design of Superhot Geothermal Wells |
Kristinn INGASON, Þóroddur SIGURÃSSON |
Advanced Technology (Magma, Geopressure, etc.) |
superhot geothermal systems, well completion, casings, thermal expansion, IDDP-1, IDDP-2 |
World Geothermal Congress |
2020 |
English |
| The Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP): Reaching into the Roots of Iceland’s Volcanic Geothermal Fields |
Gunnarsson, Gunnar; Fridriksson, Thráinn; Sigurðsson, Pálmar; Gunnarsson, Ingvi; Kristjánsson, Bjarni Reyr; Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala; Snæbjörnsdóttir, Sandra Ósk; Ragnarsdóttir, Kolbrún Ragna |
Superhot reservoirs; IDDP; Deep drilling |
Superhot geothermal systems, Heat sources, Well technology, Corrosive fluids, Hengill, Nesjavellir |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2022 |
English |
| Innovative Recharge Heat Recovery Project: Retrieving Steam One Drop at a Time |
Irene Marice FERNANDEZ, Marie Hazel URIBE, Katrina DACILLO and Jericho OMAGBON |
Injection |
superheating, trickle injection, infield reinjection |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2024 |
English |
| Infrared imaging of thermal areas |
Bridget Y. Lynne and Rubén Yagüe |
— |
Superficial thermal manifestations, heat flow, infrared imaging, geothermal exploration |
Mexican Geothermal Congress |
2012 |
English |
| Numerical Modeling of Cold Water Injection into Single and Dual Porosity Supercritical Geothermal Reservoirs |
Newman, Riley S.; Newson, Juliet A.; O'Sullivan, John M. |
Reservoir modeling; Injection; Supercritical fluids |
Supercritical; TOUGH2; dual-porosity; MINC; Geothermal reservoir modelling; Iceland Deep Drilling Project |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2018 |
English |
| The Analyses of Fluid Flow and Reactive Transport Processes for a Supercritical Geothermal System |
Guanhong FENG, Tianfu XU, Zhenjiao JIANG, Fugang WANG |
Software for Geothermal Applications |
Supercritical; Reactive transport; Code development |
World Geothermal Congress |
2020 |
English |
| The Hydrology of ‘Superhot’ and ‘Supercritical’ Geothermal Resources in Magma-Driven Geothermal Systems |
Scott, Samuel |
Reservoir modeling; Magma energy; High temperature reservoir |
Supercritical; numerical modeling; permeability; intrusion; fluid flow |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2018 |
English |
| Supercritical Geothermal Cogeneration: Combining Leading-Edge, Highly-Efficient Energy and Materials Technologies in a Load-Following Renewable Power Generation Facility |
Shnell, J.; Elders, W.A.; Kostecki, R.; Nichols, K.; Osborn, W.L.; Tucker, M.C.; Urban, J.J.; Wachsman, E.D. |
Supercritical fluids; Power plant design and operation; Mine |
Supercritical; Brayton cycle; carbon dioxide; electrolysis; ceramic proton-conducting membrane; metals and minerals; desalination; switchable polarity solvent forward osmosis |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2018 |
English |
| The Future Role of Geothermal Resources in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California and Beyond |
Wilfred A. ELDERS, William L. OSBORN, Arun S.K. RAJU, and Alfredo MARTINEZ-MORALES |
Emerging Technology |
supercritical,greenhouse gases, load balancing, electrolysis, hydrogen, CO2 sequestration, methanol, lithium, metal extraction |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2019 |
English |
| The Study of Supercritical Geothermal Potential in Indonesia from Geoscience Perspective |
Astri Indra MUSTIKA, Triwening LARASATI, Aulia Rizky PRATAMA |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
supercritical, unconventional, geothermal, Indonesia |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2024 |
English |
| Rejuvenizing aged conventional geothermal reservoirs with supercritical geothermal energy |
Z.J. Dong |
Session 7.1 - PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT 3 |
Supercritical, superhot geothermal, innovation, strategy |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2025 |
English |
| The Iceland Deep Drilling Project - How to handle the world's hottest geothermal well? |
Bjarni Palsson, Guomundur Omar Frioleifsson, Wilfred Elders |
Reservoir Management |
supercritical, superheated, Iceland Deep Drilling Project |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2011 |
English |
| An Advanced Well and Reservoir Model for Supercritical and Saline Geothermal Applications, the Example of IDDP-2 |
Benoit LAMY-CHAPPUIS, Alina YAPPAROVA, Thomas DRIESNER |
Software for Geothermal Applications |
supercritical, saline, multisegment well, IDDP, airlift, geothermal reservoir modelling |
World Geothermal Congress |
2020 |
English |
| Supercritical Geothermal Cogeneration on the Threshold |
Jim SHNELL, John ORCUTT, William OSBORN and Eric WACHSMAN |
Advanced Technology (Magma, Geopressure, etc.) |
supercritical, ocean floor, rift zone, baseload, dispatchable, electrolysis, hydrogen |
World Geothermal Congress |
2020 |
English |
| A New Generation of Numerical Simulation Tools for Studying the Hydrology of Geothermal Systems to “Supercritical” and Magmatic Conditions |
Thomas DRIESNER, Philipp WEIS, Samuel SCOTT |
Software for Geothermal Applications |
supercritical, numerical simulation, high enthalpy, IDDP-1 |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |