Program

Half Day Site Visit / Monday, 14 November 2011

  • A half day tour of direct exchange ground sourced heat pump installations.
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Short Course / Tuesday, 15 November 2011

  • Achieving better characterisation of geology, structure, temperature, micro-seismicity and rock behaviour at EGS sites
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4:30pm

Day One / Wednesday, 16 November 2011

7:30am

8:50am

  • Welcome from Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Australian Geothermal Energy Association
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9:00am

  • The Hon Michael O'Brien, MP, Minister for Energy & Resources will open Conference
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9:15am

  • The International Partnership for Geothermal Technology - Research Supporting Geothermal Industry
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9:35am

  • Signing Ceremony - New Zealand signing IPGT Agreement
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10:00am

10:30am

  • What Does the Future Hold for Geothermal Energy?
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10:55am

  • Geothermal Developments in Switzerland
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11:20am

  • Western Pacific Regional Branch of the International Geothermal Association
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11:30am

  • Investment in Geothermal Projects. Panel Session with Mike Hollitt Exec Director Earth Resources Development, DPI. Bruce Wilson, Principal Adviser, Resources & Energy DRET. Paul Jensz, Sustainable Energy & Agribusiness Analyst, Austock Group.
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12:30pm

1:30pm

1:40pm

  • Geothermal Energy Industry Update
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1:55pm

2:15pm

2:35pm

  • Panax Geothermal Ltd - Company Update
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2:55pm

3:25pm

  • Green Rock Energy Ltd - Company Update
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3:45pm

  • CSIRO SESKA Geothermal Demonstration Project Update
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4:05pm

  • New World Energy Ltd - Company Update
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4:20pm

  • Granite Power Ltd - Company Update
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4:35pm

  • Greenearth Energy Ltd - Company Update
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4:50pm

5:05pm

5:15pm

  • Happy Hour Sponsored by the Department of Primary Industries & Resources
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7:00pm

  • Conference Dinner Sponsored by KUTh Energy Ltd
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Day Two / Thursday, 17 November 2011

8:00am

8:30am

  • Australian Geothermal Energy Group
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8:40am

  • Geothermal Research Initiative and International Partnership for Geothermal Technology
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9:00am

  • Overview of Emerging Renewables Program
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9:20am

  • Status on financing geothermal development in North America
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9:40am

  • Global Geothermal Deployment - IEA's Roadmap to the future
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10:00am

10:30am

  • Staying Hot (legal solutions to industry challenges)
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  • Success factors in geothermal heat pump development
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10:50am

  • Geothermal Water Use: requirements and potential effects
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  • Geothermal Cities
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11:10am

  • Large scale integration of geothermal energy into the Australian transmission network
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  • Development of Geothermal Waters for Recreational Purposes - Mornington Peninsula, Australia
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11:30am

  • Practice Notes for Community Engagement
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  • Geothermal Energy Pile: thermal cum static load testing
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11:50am

  • ARRC/Pawsey Geothermal Demonstration Project: an example of how to engage the community
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  • Direct Geothermal Energy from Geostructures
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12:10pm

1:10pm

  • Huge untapped geothermal reserves in New Zealand
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  • Using gravity and magnetic methods for basement and structural studies to assist geothermal applications in the Perth Basin
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1:30pm

  • Hydrochemical Properties of Geothermal Fluids in the Bingol-Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia (TURKEY)
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  • GeoTemp: A framework for temperature interpretation and modelling
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1:50pm

  • Geothermal Resources of Russia and Their Complex Utilization
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  • Convection or Conduction? Interpreting temperature data from sedimentary basins
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2:00pm


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  • Using stratigraphic forward modelling to characterise and identify geothermal reservoirs
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2:10pm

  • Sustainable Geothermal Reservoir Management. A Modelling Suite
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  • A new database compilation of whole-rock chemical and geochronological data of igneous rocks in Queensland: A new resource for HDR geothermal resource
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2:20pm


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  • Zircon chronochemistry of high heat-producing granites in Queensland and Europe'
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2:30pm

  • Induced Seismicity Protocols
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  • Ca(La,Ce,Sm)(CO3)2(F,OH)(synchysite?) from the Soultz high-heat producing monzogranite, Soultz-sous-Forets, France
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2:40pm


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  • A mathematically perceptive approach for the classification, coordinating, prioritising and selection of drill hole targets
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2:50pm


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  • Temperature estimates for geothermal application: Cockburn 1, Perth Basin, Australia.
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3:00pm

3:30pm

  • Hydrothermal Fluid flow during mineral alteration reaction in geothermal and other systems: An overview
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  • A comprehensive 3D thermo-poroelastic numerical model for evaluation of heat recovery potential from enhanced geothermal systems: Patchwarra, a case study
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3:50pm

  • Framework for 3D EGS Flow Simulation – Application to Raton Basin Thermal Anomaly, CO, USA
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  • An analytical model of coupled fluid flow and heat transfer through a fracture with permeable walls in an enhanced geothermal system
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4:10pm

  • Smart Nanosensors for in-situ temperature measurement in fractured geothermal reservoirs
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  • A general framework for fracture intersection analysis: algorithms and practical applications
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4:30pm

  • Can Reservoir Conductivity be Enhanced by Shear Fractures Alone?
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  • Opportunities for Shallow Heat Management via Subsurface Stirring
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4:50pm

  • Integration of in-situ stress analysis and three-dimensional seismic mapping to understand fracture networks in Australian basins
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  • Geological Study - seasonal storage of air-cooled water for arid zone geothermal power plants
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5:10pm

5:15pm

5:30pm

Day Three / Friday, 18 November 2011

8:00am

9:00am

  • Well Construction Technology Efficiencies - The research efforts of The United States Department of Energy, Geothermal Technologies
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  • Geothermal Logging in Perth, Western Australia
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9:20am

  • Curing Lost Circulation Issues and Strengthening Weak Formations with a Sealing Fluid for Improved Zonal Isolation of Wellbores
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  • Geothermal Simulation, Perth Basin, Western Australia
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9:40am

  • Wellbore Temperature and Thermo-elastic Stress Analyses During Drilling or Stimulation
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  • Queensland Coastal Geothermal Energy Initiative: preliminary drilling and heat flow modelling results
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10:00am

  • QGECE Research on Heat Exchangers
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  • Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program: Geothermal Energy
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10:20am

  • QGECE Research on Power Conversion
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  • QGECE Research on Delineation of Australian Geothermal Resources
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10:40am

11:10am

  • Paralana 2 - well testing and stimulation
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  • Mid West Geothermal Project, North Perth Basin, Australia
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11:30am

  • First Results of Monitoring Fluid Injection in EGS Reservoirs using Magnetotellurics
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  • Latrobe Valley Shallow Geothermal Project
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11:50am

  • Real-time induced seismicity monitoring during wellbore stimulation at Paralana-2, South Australia
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  • Geothermal Resources of Sedimentary Basins: A new USA Initiative and Opportunity for International Collaborational resources and opportunities for international collaboration
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12:10pm

  • Experiences, learnings and developments of surface operations in a high pressure enhanced geothermal system
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  • PANDAS and its new applications in geothermal modelling
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12:30pm

1:30pm

  • What will make EGS geothermal energy a viable Australian renewable energy option? A moderated discussion lead by a panel of representatives from industry and academia: Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Doone Wyborn, Martin Hand, Peter Reid, Arno Schaaf, Hal Gurgenci
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3:00pm

Full Day Tour / Sunday, 20 November 2011

  • Mornington Peninsula Tour including wine tastings, lunch & tour of Peninsula Hot Springs & use of facilities
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