Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies
The objective of advanced drilling and logging technologies is to promote ways and means to reduce the cost of geothermal drilling through an integrated effort which involves developing an understanding of geothermal drilling and logging needs, elucidating best practices, and fostering an environment and mechanisms to share methods and means to advance the state of the art. Drilling is an essential and expensive part of geothermal exploration, development, and utilization. Drilling, logging, and completing geothermal wells are expensive because of high temperatures and hard, fractured formations. The consequences of reducing cost are often impressive, because drilling and well completion can account for more than half of the capital cost for a geothermal power project.
The objectives of Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies are:
1. Quantitatively understand geothermal drilling costs from around the world and identify ways to reduce those costs, while maintaining or enhancing productivity.
2. Identify and develop new and improved technologies for significantly reducing the cost of geothermal well construction to lower the cost of electricity and/or heat produced with geothermal resources.
3. Inform the international geothermal community about these drilling technologies.
4. Provide a vehicle for international cooperation, field tests, etc. toward the development and demonstration of improved geothermal drilling and logging technologies.
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AB - The objective of advanced drilling and logging technologies is to promote ways and means to reduce the cost of geothermal drilling through an integrated effort which involves developing an understanding of geothermal drilling and logging needs, elucidating best practices, and fostering an environment and mechanisms to share methods and means to advance the state of the art. Drilling is an essential and expensive part of geothermal exploration, development, and utilization. Drilling, logging, and completing geothermal wells are expensive because of high temperatures and hard, fractured formations. The consequences of reducing cost are often impressive, because drilling and well completion can account for more than half of the capital cost for a geothermal power project.
The objectives of Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies are:
1. Quantitatively understand geothermal drilling costs from around the world and identify ways to reduce those costs, while maintaining or enhancing productivity.
2. Identify and develop new and improved technologies for significantly reducing the cost of geothermal well construction to lower the cost of electricity and/or heat produced with geothermal resources.
3. Inform the international geothermal community about these drilling technologies.
4. Provide a vehicle for international cooperation, field tests, etc. toward the development and demonstration of improved geothermal drilling and logging technologies.
AU - Raymond, David
A2 - Knudsen, Steven
A3 - Blankenship, Doug
A4 - Bjornstad, Steve
A5 - Barbour, Joel
A6 - Schen, Aaron
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - IEA
KW - gia
KW - Annex VII
KW - 2012
KW - Drilling
KW - Annual Report
KW - logging
KW - techniques
LA - English
DA - 2013/12/15
PY - 2013
PB - Sandia National Laboratories
T1 - Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288
ER -
Raymond, David, et al. Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies. Sandia National Laboratories, 15 December, 2013, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288.
Raymond, D., Knudsen, S., Blankenship, D., Bjornstad, S., Barbour, J., & Schen, A. (2013). Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Sandia National Laboratories. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288
Raymond, David, Steven Knudsen, Doug Blankenship, Steve Bjornstad, Joel Barbour, and Aaron Schen. Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies. Sandia National Laboratories, December, 15, 2013. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288
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abstractNote = {The objective of advanced drilling and logging technologies is to promote ways and means to reduce the cost of geothermal drilling through an integrated effort which involves developing an understanding of geothermal drilling and logging needs, elucidating best practices, and fostering an environment and mechanisms to share methods and means to advance the state of the art. Drilling is an essential and expensive part of geothermal exploration, development, and utilization. Drilling, logging, and completing geothermal wells are expensive because of high temperatures and hard, fractured formations. The consequences of reducing cost are often impressive, because drilling and well completion can account for more than half of the capital cost for a geothermal power project.
The objectives of Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies are:
1. Quantitatively understand geothermal drilling costs from around the world and identify ways to reduce those costs, while maintaining or enhancing productivity.
2. Identify and develop new and improved technologies for significantly reducing the cost of geothermal well construction to lower the cost of electricity and/or heat produced with geothermal resources.
3. Inform the international geothermal community about these drilling technologies.
4. Provide a vehicle for international cooperation, field tests, etc. toward the development and demonstration of improved geothermal drilling and logging technologies.
},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288},
year = {2013},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Sandia National Laboratories, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/288},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-28}
}
Details
Data from Dec 15, 2013
Last updated May 31, 2017
Submitted Feb 6, 2014
Organization
Sandia National Laboratories
Contact
Doug Blankenship
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, IEA, gia, Annex VII, 2012, Drilling, Annual Report, logging, techniquesDOE Project Details
Project Lead Greg Stillman
Project Number FY14 AOP 1.5.3.1
