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 International Drilling Conference and Exhibition 2023  SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition
  4-6 March 2025 | Forum Expo, Stavanger, Norway

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Geothermal Drilling Technologies

Thursday, 6 March
Room 3
Technical Session
This technical session focuses on innovative advancements in geothermal drilling technologies. Each presentation addresses unique challenges to enhance drilling efficiency. These advancements will aide in the development of geothermal resources by further decoupling the extreme nature of the environment from the cost.
Chairperson
Derek Adam - Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Adebowale Solarin - Noble Drilling Corporation
  • 0130-0155 223775
    Predicting Drill Bit Remaining Useful Life And Identifying Drilling Disfunctions By Physics-based Inversion And Data-driven Model - Case Study Of Utah Geothermal Wells
    H. Lee, N. Agarwal, M. Willerth, A. Pare, P. Gupta, T. Ziehm, T. Gee, Helmerich & Payne; A. Mitkus, Magnetic Variation Services LLC; P. Reynerson, K. McCarthy, Helmerich & Payne
  • 0155-0220 223784
    Limiter Redesign Workflow Yields Positive Results In Deep Geothermal Drilling In Switzerland
    A. Garcia, NOV Inc.; S. Noynaert, Texas A&M University; T. Huggett, NOV ReedHycalog
  • 0220-0245 223793
    Orchyd: Combination Of High-pressure Water Jet And Percussion To Improve Drilling Performance In Hard Rocks
    N. Velmurugan, Mines Paris - PSL University; L. Gerbaud, Mines ParisTech
  • 0245-0310 223792
    Differentiating Wear And Lithology Effects On Drilling Performance: Insights From Micro-crack Analysis And PDC Cutter Experiments In Granite
    A. Trivedi, University of Calgary; A. Kantzas, Perm Inc; E. Ghaly, Texas A & M U (PE Dept PO's ); R. Shor, Texas A&M University
  • Alternate 223789
    Short-radius Multi-lateral Well Construction By Novel Directional Steel Shot Drilling: Cost-effective Solution For Geothermal Production Enhancement And Safeguarding
    A. Reinicke, V. Zikovic, F. van Bergen, TNO; J. Blange, Canopus Drilling Solutions
  • Alternate 223798
    Automated Temperature Management System To Prevent Downhole Tool Failures In Deep Geothermal Drilling
    N. Velmurugan, Virgil Dynamics