2013 Peer Review Presentations

Workshop presentations from the 2013 Peer Review Meeting on April 22-25, 2013 are presented below by track, following the order in the Overview Agenda.

Including Co-Produced, Low-Temperature, Supercritical CO2, Working Fluids, Innovative Exploration Techniques, Geophysics, and Geochemistry

Track 2: Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Including Demonstrations, Fluid Imaging, Characterizing Fractures, Induced Seismicity, High Temperature Tools, Drilling Systems, Materials, Zonal Isolation, and Innovative Methods of Heat Recovery

Track 3: Systems Analysis and Cross-Cutting

Including Data System Development and Population; Tracers; and Modeling

Track 1: Hydrothermal Resource Confirmation

Monday

• Electric Power Generation Using Geothermal Fluid Coproduced from Oil and/or Gas Wells, by Bernie Karl, Chena Hot Springs Resort
• Electric Power Generation from Co-Produced and Other Oil Field Fluids, by William D. Gosnold, University of North Dakota
• Hybrid Geothermal-Solar, by Greg Mines, Idaho National Laboratory
• Novel Energy Conversion Equipment for Low Temperature Geothermal Resources, by Frank Baumgardt, Johnson Controls Inc.
• The Canby Cascaded Geothermal Development Project, by Dale Merrick, Modoc Contracting Co.
• A Revolutionary Hybrid Thermodynamic Cycle for Binary Geothermal Power Plants, by Adrian Sabau, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Osmotic Heat Engine for Energy Production from Low Temperature Geothermal Resources, by Nathan Hancock, Oasys Water
• Kalex Advanced Low Temperature Geothermal Power Cycle, by Cheryl Sandifer and Michael Mugerwa, Technip USA
• Fairbanks Geothermal Energy Project, by Denise Brand and Bernie Karl, Chena Hot Springs Resort
• Single-Well Low Temperature CO2-Based Engineered Geothermal System, by Alan D. Eastman and Mark Muir, GreenFire Energy

Tuesday

• Experiment-Based Model for the Chemical Interactions between Geothermal Rocks, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Water, by Miroslav Petro, PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
• An Integrated Experimental and Numerical Study: Developing a Reaction Transport Model that Couples Chemical Reactions of Mineral Dissolution/Precipitation with Spatial and Temporal Flow Variations in CO2/Brine/Rock Systems, by Martin Saar, University of Minnesota
• Advanced Heat/Mass Exchanger Technology for Geothermal and Solar Renewable Energy Systems (NV), by Paul Laca, University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
• El Paso County Geothermal Electric Generation Project: Innovative Research Technologies Applied to the Geothermal Resource Potential at Ft. Bliss, by Ben Barker, El Paso County
• Validation of Innovative Exploration Technologies for Newberry Volcano, by Albert F. Waibel, Davenport Power, LLC
• Direct Confirmation of Commercial Geothermal Resources in Colorado using Remote Sensing and On-Site Exploration, Testing and Analysis, by F. Robinson, Flint Geothermal LLC
• Merging High Resolution Geophysical and Geochemical Surveys to Reduce Exploration Risk at Glass Buttes, Oregon; Blind Geothermal System Exploration in Active Volcanic Environments; Multi-phase Geophysical and Geochemical Surveys in Overt and Subtle Volcanic Systems, Hawai'i and Maui; Conducting a 3D Converted Shear Wave Project to reduce exploration risk at Wister, CA, by Patrick Walsh, Ormat Technologies Inc.
• Advanced Seismic Data Analysis Program (The "Hot Pot Project"), by Frank Misseldine and Mike Lane, Oski Energy, LLC
• Recovery Act: Detachment faulting and Geothermal Resources – An Innovative Integrated Geological and Geophysical Investigation of Pearl Hot Spring, Nevada, by Daniel Stockli, University of Texas at Austin
• Innovative Exploration Techniques for Geothermal Assessment at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, by Greg Kaufman, Pueblo of Jemez
• Comprehensive Evaluation of the Geothermal Resource Potential within the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, by Donna Noel, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
• Finding Large Aperture Fractures in Geothermal Resource Areas Using a Three-Component Long-Offset Surface Seismic Survey, by William Teplow, US Geothermal Inc.

Wednesday

• Integration of Full Tensor Gravity and ZTEM Passive Low Frequency EM Instruments for Simultaneous Data Acquisition, by Scott Wieberg, Bell Geospace Inc.
• Time-lapse Joint Inversion of Geophysical Data and its Application to Geothermal Prospecting - GEODE, by Andre Revil and Mike Batzle, Colorado School of Mines, and Ezra Zemach, ORMAT 
• Stochastic Joint Inversion for Integrated Data Interpretation in Geothermal Exploration, by Robert Mellors, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Novel use of 4D Monitoring Techniques to Improve Reservoir Longevity and Productivity in Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Kelly Rose and Adam Schultz, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Monitoring EGS Stimulation and Reservoir Dynamics with InSAR and MEQ, by Nicholas Davatzes, Temple University
• Spectral SP: A New Approach to Mapping Reservoir Flow and Permeability, by Donald Thomas, University of Hawaii
• Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, by Wendy Calvin, University of Nevada, Reno
• Development of a low cost method to estimate the seismic signature of a geothermal field from ambient seismic noise analysis, by Ileana Tibuleac, University of Nevada, Reno
• Integrating Magnetotellurics, Soil Gas Geochemistry and Structural Analysis to Identify Hidden, High-Enthalpy,Extensional Geothermal Systems, by Phillip Wannamaker, University of Utah
• Hydrogeochemical Indicators for Great Basin Geothermal Resources, by Stuart Simmons, Colorado School of Mines
• Novel Coupled Thermochronometric and Geochemical Investigation of Blind Geothermal Resources in Fault- Controlled Dilational Corners, by Daniel Stockli, University of Texas at Austin
• Improved Geothermometry Through Multivariate Reaction Path Modeling and Evaluation of Geomicrobiological Influences on Geochemical Temperature Indicators, by Craig Cooper, Idaho National Laboratory
• The Viability of Sustainable, Self-Propping Shear Zones in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Measurement of Reaction Rates at Elevated Temperatures, by Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Thursday

• Effects of Volcanism, Crustal Thickness, and Large Scale Faulting on the Development and Evolution of Geothermal Systems: Collaborative Project in Chile, by Pat Dobson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Methodologies for Reservoir Characterization Using Fluid Inclusion Gas Chemistry, by Lorie Dilley, Hattenburg, Dilley, and Linnell, LLC
• Optimizing parameters for predicting the geochemical behavior and performance of discrete fracture networks in geothermal systems, by Alexandra Hakala, National Energy Technology Laboratory 

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Track 2: Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Monday

• Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration, by Susan Petty, AltaRock Energy Inc.
• Demonstration of an Enhanced Geothermal System at the Northwest Geysers Geothermal Field, by Mark Walters, Geysers Power Co., LLC
• Brady's EGS Project, by Kyle Snyder and Ezra Zemach, Ormat Nevada Inc.
• Concept Testing and Development at the Raft River Geothermal Field, Idaho, by Joseph Moore and J. McLennan, University of Utah
• Desert Peak East EGS Project, by Ethan Chabora, GeothermEx, and Ezra Zemach, Ormat Nevada Inc.
• Use of Geophysical Techniques to Characterize Fluid Flow in a Geothermal Reservoir, by Michael Batzle, Colorado School of Mines
• Advanced 3D Geophysical Imaging Technologies for Geothermal Resource Characterization, by Greg Newman and Michael Fehler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tuesday

• Imaging, Characterizing, and Modeling of Fracture Networks and Fluid Flow in EGS Reservoirs; Full Waveform Inversion of 3D-9C VSP Data from Brady's EGS Site and Update of the Brady Reservoir Scale Model, by Lianjie Huang, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Monitoring and Modeling Fluid Flow in a Developing EGS Reservoir, by Michael Fehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ultra High Resolution Cold Neutron Imaging of Fluid Flow and Fracture in EGS Environments; Improved Cold Neutron Imaging for EGS Studies, by Yarom Polsky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Fracture Network and Fluid Flow Imaging for EGS Applications from Multi-Dimensional Electrical Resistivity Structure, by Phillip Wannamaker, University of Utah
• Sustainability of Shear-Induced Permeability for EGS Reservoirs – A Laboratory Study, by Tim Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Characterizing Fractures in Geysers Geothermal Field by Microseismic Data, Using Soft Computing, Fractals, and Shear Wave Anisotropy, by Fred Aminzadeh, University of Southern California
• Towards the Understanding of Induced Seismicity in Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Doug Dreger, UC Berkeley
• Development of a Geological and Geomechanical Framework for the Analysis of MEQ in EGS Experiments (Geysers), by Ahmad Ghassemi, University of Oklahoma
• Rotation-Enabled 7-DOF Seismometer for Geothermal Resource Development, by Darren Laughlin, A-Tech Corp.
• Complete Fiber/Copper Cable Solution for Long-Term Temperature and Pressure Measurement in Supercritical Reservoirs and EGS Wells, by Mark Lowell, Draka Cableteq USA
• Extreme Temperature Energy Storage and Generation, for Cost and Risk Reduction in Geothermal Exploration, by Riccardo Signorelli, FastCAP Systems Inc.
• Perforating System for Geothermal Applications, by Moises Smart, Schlumberger Technology Corp.

Wednesday

• High-Temperature-High-Volume Lifting For Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Norman Turnquist, GE Global Research
• Well Monitoring Systems for EGS, by Randy Normann, Perma Works LLC
• Energetic Materials for EGS Well Stimulation, by Mark Grubelich, Sandia National Laboratories
• Microhole Arrays Drilled With Advanced Abrasive Slurry Jet Technology To Efficiently Exploit Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Ken Oglesby, Impact Technologies, LLC
• Technology Development and Field Trials of EGS Drilling Systems, by Steve Knudsen, Sandia National Laboratories
• Deep Geothermal Drilling using Millimeter Wave Technology, by Ken Oglesby, Impact Technologies, LLC
• Evaluation of Emerging Technology for Geothermal Drilling and Logging Applications, by Doug Blankenship, Sandia National Laboratories
• Directional Measurement-While-Drilling System for Geothermal Applications; High Temperature 300°C Directional Drilling System, by Jochen Schnitger, Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Inc.
• Auto-Indexer for Percussive Hammers, by Jiann Su, Sandia National Laboratories
• Self-Degradable Temporary Cementitious Sealers, by Toshi Sugama, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Development of an Improved Cement for Geothermal Wells, by George Trabits, Trabits Group, LLC
• Materials Corrosive Resistant Foam Well-Costing Cement Composites, by Toshi Sugama, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Thursday

• High Temperature, High Pressure Devices for Zonal Isolation in Geothermal Wells, by Paul Fabian, Composite Technology Development Inc.
• Isolation Self Consuming Downhole Packer, by Mark Grubelich, Sandia National Laboratories
• IMHR Geothermal Resource Development with Zero Mass Withdrawal, Engineered Convection, and Wellbore Energy Conversion, by Christopher White, LA State University

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Track 3: Systems Analysis and Cross-Cutting

Monday

• Decision Analysis for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Herbert H. Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Analysis of Low-Temperature Utilization of Geothermal Resources, by Brian Anderson, West Virginia University
• Hybrid and Advanced Air Cooling, by Desikan Bharathan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Estimation and Analysis of Life Cycle Costs of Baseline Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Uday Turaga, Adi Analytics, LLC
• GETEM Development , by Greg Mines, Idaho National Laboratory
• Geothermal Regulatory Roadmap, by Kate Young, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• National Geothermal Data System Design and Testing, by Harold Blackman, Boise State University
• AASG State Geological Survey Contributions to NGDS, by Lee Allison, Arizona Geological Survey

Tuesday

• Heat Flow Database Expansion for NGDS Data Development, Collection and Maintenance, by David D. Blackwell, Southern Methodist University
• National Geothermal Resource Assessment and Classification, by Colin Williams, U.S. Geological Survey
• Quantum Dot Tracers for Use in Engineered Geothermal Systems, by Peter Rose, University of Utah
• Novel Multidimensional Tracers for Geothermal Inter-Well Diagnostics, by Yongchun Tang and John Ma, Power Environmental Energy Research Institute
• Fracture Evolution following Hydraulic Stimulation within an EGS Reservoir, by Peter Rose, University of Utah
• Reservoir-Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Carlos Fernandez, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Stimulation at Desert Peak and Brady's reservoirs: modeling with the coupled THM code FEHM, by Sharad Kelkar, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Model and Experiments for Optimization of Enhanced Geothermal System Development and Production; Evaluation of Stimulation at the Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration Site through Natural Isotopic Reactive Tracers and Geochemical Investigation, by Eric Sonnenthal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• PNNL Support of the DOE GTO Model Comparison Activity, by Timothy Scheibe, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Integration of Nontraditional Isotopic Systems Into Reaction-Transport Models of EGS for Exploration, Evaluation of Water-Rock Interaction, and Impacts of Water Chemistry on Reservoir Sustainability, by Eric Sonnenthal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• THMC Modeling of EGS Reservoirs – Continuum through Discontinuum Representations: Capturing Reservoir Stimulation, Evolution and Induced Seismicity, by Derek Elsworth, Pennsylvania State University

Wednesday

• Analysis of Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation using Geomechanics-Based Stochastic Analysis of Injection-Induced Seismicity, by Ahmad Ghassemi, University of Oklahoma
• Development of Advanced Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical- Chemical (THMC) Modeling Capabilities for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, by Yu-Shu Wu, Colorado School of Mines
• Three-dimensional Modeling of Fracture Clusters in Geothermal Reservoirs, by Ahmad Ghassemi, University of Oklahoma
• Integration of Noise and Coda Correlation Data into Kinematic and Waveform Inversions, by Daniel O'Connell, Fugro Consultants
• FRAC-STIM: A Physics-Based Fracture Stimulation, Reservoir Flow and Heat Transport Simulator (aka FALCON), by Robert Podgorney, Idaho National Laboratory
• Innovative Computational Tools for Reducing Exploration Risk Through Integration of Water-Rock Interactions and Magnetotelluric Surveys, by Joseph Moore, University of Utah

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