CX-101528: Changing the Way Geothermal Wells Are Drilled:Physics-Based Drilling Parameter Selection, Workflow Implementation and Training in Order to Reduce Non-Productive Time and Increase ROP

Award Number: DE-EE0008794
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B3.1
Geothermal Technologies Office
Location(s): TX
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Texas A&M University (Texas A&M) to develop a training course that would seek to address site-specific performance limiters that result in inefficiencies and non-drilling time. Training sessions would be held for drilling personnel at a number of existing drill sites throughout the United States. Workflow solutions would then be implemented on-site and results would be documented with regards to the program’s impacts on lost circulation, rate of penetration, and the lack of efficient/consistent drilling programs. The project would be completed over two Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.