Description

Designed for you, if you are...

• A geoscientist, well engineer, reservoir engineer, production technologist, concept engineer or other energy professional from an integrated team working on renewable energy developments
• A professional from the energy and service industry or an employee in the public sector involved in or planning to work on geothermal projects
• A particularly staff from smaller company, new venture or city council aiming to avoid common pitfalls and the triggering of technical or non-technical risks

How we build your confidence

The benefits from attending

• Provide an introduction to geothermal heat as a renewable energy resource
• Present a global overview of current geothermal energy production
• Introduce the concept of decision-based planning for geothermal projects
• Develop a decision-based roadmap for a geothermal projects
• Present the main sources and reservoirs of geothermal energy
• Highlight the differences between fracture and matrix geothermal developments
• Showcase the importance of matrix porosity and permeability in sedimentary rocks
• Summarize available geothermal subsurface technologies and development approaches
• Highlight the use of analogues in geothermal developments
• Present and discuss a number of leading edge geothermal projects
• Provide an introduction to the handling of subsurface uncertainties
• Introduce well planning, execution, data acquisition and completion for geothermal projects
• Address requirements for well monitoring, surveillance and the risk of scaling
• Discuss how energy system integration can be achieved
• Summarize surface technologies and development concept options
• Introduce multi-scenario modelling for geothermal projects
• Develop the basics of geothermal cost & economics models
• Introduce decision quality and focus on value
• Present the potential of additional benefits in geothermal projects
• Discuss the main technical risks involved in harnessing geothermal energy
• Address non-technical risks, like market, policies and social in geothermal developments

Topics

• Fundamentals of geothermal energy
• Decision based planning for geothermal energy
• Development of geothermal energy projects
  - Subsurface
  - Surface
  - Cost & Economics
  - Multi-scenario modelling and focus on value
• Additional Benefits of geothermal energy projects
• Common pitfalls and risk management in geothermal projects