November News

GRL and Durham University areas of active work in geothermal

As the energy transition becomes progressively more established, many industry geoscientists are considering how the commercial landscape is likely to change in upcoming years, and how the current structural reorganisation from oil and gas to energy companies might impact on the global need for geologists. Characterisation of fracture systems is one of GRL’s core areas of expertise, and is particularly well suited for skills transfer across many sectors in which fracture networks and fluid flow in fractured media is important, including hydrogeology, mining, CCUS, storage of radioactive waste, and geothermal energy. The latter is the focus of this month’s EAGE workshop on Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs, with an emphasis on the characterising and modelling fractures with limited data. We’re presenting on fractured outcrop analogues for dual porosity geothermal systems.

EAGE workshop on Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs

EAGE workshop on Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs