Award Number: DE-EE0008603CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Geothermal Technologies OfficeLocation(s): OKOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
December 17, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008603
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Geothermal Technologies Office
Location(s): OK
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Oklahoma State University (OSU) for the development of a real-time advisory system for geothermal drilling to reduce geothermal on bottom drilling cost by coupling three components while drilling: drill stem vibration, mechanical specific energy, and a detailed drill bit model. The real time system would utilize a comprehensive data workflow using low-cost drilling data to improve drilling performance and reduce drilling cost of geothermal wells and to validate the technologies required to employ this approach. As part of the project Sandia National Laboratory would perform testing activities of small drill bits at their facility in Albuquerque, NM. Data analysis, software development, and simulation would be performed at OSU and Texas A&M International University.