Webinar – High-res seismic fault extraction for geothermal, 18 April 2024
Webinar - "Finding flow and mitigating induced seismicity in Geothermal projects through Hi-res Seismic Fault Extraction" by the Australian Geothermal Association
Carlo Cariaga
12 Apr 2024
The Australian Geothermal Association will be hosting a webinar on HR-AFE, a fault modeling system for identifying productive zones and mitigating risks.
Registration is currently open for a webinar to be hosted by the Australian Geothermal Association on “Finding flow and mitigating induced seismicity in geothermal projects through Hi-res Seismic Fault Extraction.” Attendance is free for all.
The details of the event are as follows:
- Date: 18 April 2024, 5:30 to 6:30 PM AWST
- Speaker: Ralf Opperman, Director, OPPtimal Resource Solutions
- Registration: Register via this link
Geothermal energy has the potential to play a very important role in the sustainable global energy mix. There are, however, several technical and economic challenges that need to be overcome to de-risk geothermal development and production and to help accelerate commercial uptake (Drumm et al. 2021).
Two of the key technical challenges for most types of deeper geothermal development are ensuring that sufficient and continuous flow of fluid is encountered (flow assurance) and that geothermal operations do not trigger earthquakes (induced seismicity risk mitigation).
Both of these key challenges can actually be addressed with the latest game-changing advancements in the reliable recognition of smaller-scale fault networks in seismic data, which will be presented in this talk.
Hi-Res Automated Fault Extraction (HR-AFE) allows to very reliably visualize fault networks in 2D or 3D seismic data and directly relate these to drilling and production issues, allowing to create opportunities to significantly reduce drilling and stimulation/fracking costs and also increase production from subsurface assets.
Ralf Oppermann is a Geoscientist and Technical Advisor with 34 years of experience, obtained working for Shell and Chevron and multiple other Oil & Gas, Mining and Geothermal companies. In 2008, Ralf founded OPPtimal Resource Solutions (‘OPPtimal’) as a technology service company, to provide new and leading-edge resource characterization solutions to companies active in Oil & Gas, Shale Gas, Coal Seam Gas, Mining, Geothermal, Groundwater, CO2 Sequestration and Underground Storage. OPPtimal has developed a Game-Changing and AAPG-awarded technology method to very reliably identify smaller-scale faults from 2D or 3D seismic data and directly relate these to drilling and production issues.
Source: Email correspondence
