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ETIP Geothermal Webinar: “Updates on Drilling for Geothermal” took take place on the 19th of April 2024, with participants presenting their insights within the two thematic areas:
Welcome – Philippe Dumas, EGEC Secretary-General
Session 1: Drilling Design & Technologies
Naveen Velmurugan, Mines Paris, “ORCHYD: Improved Drilling Method Using HPWJ-Enhanced Mud Hammer”
Samuli Salmela, Geomachine Oy, “Drilling fast and cost efficiently to 2km deep”
Matus Gajdos, GA Drilling, “ANCHORBIT and PLASMABIT drilling technologies”
Julian Jones, Strada Drilling Systems, “The Strada Dual Circulation, Percussion Hammer Drilling System”
Anson Bartlett, Tomax Drilling Technology UK Ltd, “Highly Efficient Drilling Regulator”
Geertjan Van Og, Well Engineering Partners (WEP) BV, “Overview of well designs used in the Netherlands”
Namrata Bist, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, “Drilling in Basalts”
Session 2: Drilling Design & Technologies
Pawel Slupski, University of Padua, “Deep U-tube heat exchanger breakthrough: combining laser and cryogenic gas for geothermal energy exploitation – perspective of laser-rock interactions”
Kim Maver, Green Therma, “Completing geothermal wells in salt”
Slawomir Szklarz, TNO, “Developing a marginal reservoir for urban heating in Zwolle: Optimized well and completion design”
Anthony Pink, Blackreiver Consulting, “Latest Drilling Technology for Super Hot Rock”
Henning Knauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Energy, “Optimisation of Geothermal Drilling with Machine Learning”
Miklos Antics, GPC, “Development of geothermal energy in areas with low transmissivity and/or in areas with a high density of operations. Well architectures to maximise heat extraction.”