Geoconvention 2020
Sept. 21-23, 2020
Virtual Event
Geoconvetion 2020 begins today with over 600 technical presentations. There will be a full-day geothermal session on Tuesday, titled “Latest advances in geothermal exploration and development in Canada”, chaired by Stephen Grasby and Grant Ferguson.
Schedule
Tuesday Morning (Sept. 22):
8:35-9:00 Williston Basin Geothermal Power Project Development - Kirsten Marcia
9:00-9:25 Renewing and Rethinking the University of Regina Geothermal Test Well Project of 1979 - Janis Dale
9:25-9:50 Alberta No. 1 ‐ the Province's first conventional deep geothermal power project - Catherine Hickson
9:50-10:35 COFFEE BREAK
10:35-11:00 Geothermal Resource Characterization of the Middle Devonian Carbonate Reef Reservoir at Clarke Lake Field, Fort Nelson, B.C., Canada - Matthew Minnick
11:00-11:25 Bedrock fracture study of the Mount Meager Area: implications to geothermal reservoir characterization - Stephen Grasby
11:25-11:50 Geothermal drilling and well completions in comparison to oil and gas practices in low temperature - Catherine Hickson
Tuesday Afternoon (Sept. 22):
1:25-1:50 Coupled Thermo‐Hydro‐Mechanical (THM) model for Geothermal Energy Extraction from Fractured Rock Masses - Maurice Dusseault
1:50-2:15 Thermo‐hydro‐mechanical (THM) modeling of borehole breakouts for in‐ situ stress determination in geothermal exploration - Shunde Yin
2:15-2:40 Subsurface Characterization Methods for Multilateral Closed Loop Geothermal Systems. Case Study of Field Scale Technology Demonstration Project in Alberta, Canada - Jeanine Vany
2:40-3:20 COFFEE BREAK
3:20-3:45 Post‐Eocene kinematics of faults that host potential geothermal systems in southeastern British Columbia - Theron Finley
3:45-4:10 Resource Estimations for Conventional Deep Geothermal Projects -Katie Huang
4:10-4:35 Alberta Precambrian Basement: Implications for EGS Development - Spencer Poulette