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"This year's Annual Meeting will give attendees...a high- quality Technical Program with more posters." -Annual Meeting General Chairman, Ken Helm |
W-1 Advances in Geothermal Systems Exploration, Characterization and Challenges Ahead Date: Thursday, 22 September Description: Geothermal energy resources are renewable and sustainable so long as the rate of energy extraction is balanced by the recharge rate within a given geological system. Electric power generation using geothermal energy has been very active worldwide over the last few decades. While hydrothermal, and geopressured geothermal systems have been successfully used for power generation for many years, three other systems – permeable strata, magmatic, and enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) that have the promise of much larger resources are not well understood and difficult to produce energy on an economically attractive scale. Expanding geothermal resources to provide cheaper and more widely available energy remains a major challenge. Some of the challenges include stimulating reservoirs in low permeability systems, and enlarging the extent of productive geothermal fields by enhancing/stimulating permeability in the vicinity of naturally permeable rocks; improving thermodynamic cycles in order to ensure power production from water resources at medium temperature; improving exploration methods for deep geothermal resources; improving drilling, reservoir assessment and stimulation technology. This workshop will show what is available today and discuss the challenges ahead. The workshop will be conducted in an SEG Forum-style format, beginning with presentations by six invited speakers and following with panel discussion of questions from the audience. Schedule:
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