Award Number: DE-EE0008602CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Geothermal Technologies OfficeLocation(s): OKOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
January 22, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0008602
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 University of Oklahoma (OU) to develop wellbore strengthening materials (i.e. lost circulation materials – ‘LCMs’) and prevention methods to reduce the occurrence of drilling fluid flowing into geothermal basins when drilling geothermal wells (i.e. lost circulation). Various materials, including expandable and programmable polymers, degradable thermoplastic composites, and ceramics mixed with conventional LCMs, would be synthesized, characterized and tested in order to identify materials optimized for use in geothermal drilling. The project would be divided into two Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.