Geothermal Technologies in the Spotlight
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Geothermal energy is ground heat stored in the earth's crust. To unlock geothermal energy, technical challenges need to be addressed that are similar to some of the technical challenges for the exploration and production of oil and gas. As such, technology transfer is often seen as a cross-over between the two energy sectors.?
?As International Geothermal Association Executive Director Marit Brommer noted in a recently published blog on TechnologyCatalogue.com, there is huge interest from the oil and gas industry in transferring technological capability to geothermal, and vice versa. She mentioned closed-loop systems as well as high temperature monitoring and measurement systems as just a few technological solutions that are relevant to both geothermal and oil and gas sectors.?
For this month’s Technologies in the Spotlight, we are showcasing some of the geothermal solutions on the platform that were also used and deployed by oil and gas companies. Check the technologies by clicking the picture or the button below, and visit their technology pages to know more.
ResFrac Pro by ResFrac
Coupled hydraulic fracture, reservoir, and geomechanics simulator
ResFrac’s proven solution helps upstream oil and gas producers simulate the entire well lifecycle in a single integrated simulator to maximise capital returns. Aside from oil and gas simulations, other areas of application include unconventional geophysics software, enhanced geothermal, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir simulation.
WEB-AVO by Delft Inversion
The next-generation seismic reservoir characterisation technology
Wave-Equation Based Amplitude Versus Offset (WEB-AVO) translates migrated seismic data into elastic reservoir models using a unique physical data model. It represents the high-tech seismic solution for risk reduction and return maximisation of Exploration & Production, geothermal but also CO2 storage projects.
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OPPtimal Fault Extraction (OFE) by OPPtimal Resource Solutions Pty Ltd
Increasing resource recoveries & cheaper, safer and more successful operations
AAPG-awarded, world-first method to generate reliable high-resolution fault volumes from seismic data and link these to various Drilling, Mining, Exploration and Production observations. It can be used for any resources covered by seismic—oil and gas, mining, geothermal, groundwater, geosequestration and underground storage.
T1000 Wireline Cablehead Thermometer by AccSensum
Electronic Replacement for Mercury Maximum reading thermometers
The AccSensum T-1000 offers an innovative, low power, single pin solution (patent pending) for continuous downhole temperature measurement during open-hole logging. It can be used to provide gradients, reservoir temperature and tool correction temperatures for oil, gas and geothermal industries.
In this blog, International Geothermal Association Executive Director Dr.?Marit Brommer?discussed?the main challenges and opportunities in scaling up geothermal energy projects globally. She also outlined some technological developments that are key in the?acceleration of geothermal energy rollouts.
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