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One day in my geothermal life, my boss Peter tells me: “in geothermal, we (i.e., geothermal people) do everything right; a bunch of subsurface studies that justify our project and are widely appraised by the scientific community. At some point, we need to drill. Because the drilling expertise dwells in the oil and gas industry, we call onto oil and gas people and then… everything starts falling apart into a big mess, and the project eventually fails.” And in conclusion: “oil and gas people are good at what they are doing in their industry, but are unable to successfully complete a geothermal project.” Because I was coming from oil and gas, I was somewhat ...

T minus 4 days. Join us for our upcoming webinar! 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟲, 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗚𝗠𝗧 ▶️ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 link: 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁: Deep geothermal doublets, particularly in clastic reservoirs like the Albian in the Paris Basin, have faced significant challenges with injectivity loss due to fine particle migration, compromising their sustainability and efficiency. Traditional remediation methods, such as enhanced filtration and periodic backflow cleaning, have been only partially effective. This study explores an innovative preventive approach using acrylamide-based copolymers to mitigate fine particle migration by forming a protective film on reservoir rock surfaces. ...

Here we go at it again! Join us for an additional webinar on the geothermal world from a great speaker, 📆 February 24, 2025 15:00 GMT ⏩ Register Here 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐂), developed in the 1990s for classifying solid fuels and mineral resources, evolved into UNFC 2009 for fossil energy and minerals. In 2014, the International Geothermal Association (IGA) and UNECE adapted it for geothermal resources, leading to the UNFC Geothermal Specifications. In 2019, these were translated into Spanish by Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) to support ...

SPE Geothermal Technical Section - GTTS has the pleasure of having Helen Robinson MGeol, MSc, FGS as our next speaker in December. Helen will be covering a much needed perspective on geothermal energy in Africa . I am really looking forward to this and so should you if you find geothermal energy as the big contributor of the energy future! 📝 Webinar Topic: 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭? 📅 Date: December 10, 2024 🕗 Time: 4 PM London Time (GMT) 📍 Location: Online Webinar 🔗 Register Here: ...

𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 17: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 Looking forward to have Fabio Rosa from Welltec join us in December and shed light on well design concepts in the geothermal world. A lot of the costs and risks are associated with this project phase and it is of paramount importance for us to understand processes and work on optimizing them for improved project technical and economic outcomes! 📅 When: December 3, 2024 15:00 CET ➡️ Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcuipqz4qHNWRLPpbbADlMz7vI-o5JVnR#/registration ...

SPEcial Geothermal Talks #14: Dynamic Measurements in Geothermal Wells using a Multisensor Approach Join us for more geothermal education with Virginie Schoepf from OPENFIELD TECHNOLOGY . This time looking into measurements and understanding hydrothermal systems better with case studies and interpretations. 📅 June 17, 14:00 CEST 🖋 Registration link: https://lnkd.in/dFnc59Vf SPE Romanian Section SPE France SPE Vienna Basin Section SPE Netherlands Section SPE Italian Section SPE Central Ukraine Section SPE Germany SPE London Section SPE Aberdeen SPE Spain SPE ...

First-ever joint event between SPE Abu Dhabi Section, SPE Vienna Basin Section and SPE Romanian Section on the progression of Energy Transition The panel explores the energy transition in different aspects. Torsten CLEMENS from SPE Vienna Basin Section will explore the advancements in underground hydrogen storage. Dr. Abdulla Alhosani from SPE Abu Dhabi Section will explore carbon management aspects while Gabrijel Grubac from SPE Romanian Section will explore the emergence of geothermal energy. Session will be moderated by Technical Program Committee Chair of SPE Abu Dhabi ...

Good morning everyone, I am looking for information about Geothermal well design, materials/grades/ connections used during the well construction. Thanks for your help.