2018 Presenters

We had a great line up of speakers and poster presentations for the 2018 SMU Power Plays conference.   

Download the conference agenda. 

 

Speakers

Thursday January 11th 8:00 am to 5:30 pm

 

Panel - Coal and Geothermal Workshop Review

Susan Petty

Bob Pilko

Brian Anderson

William Shaw

Panel - Geothermal Storage Applications Panel 

Josh McTigue

Eastman Chemical Gas Plant East Texas Deep Direct Use Project

George Nitschke

Converting Geopressured-Geothermal Reservoir Brine into Renewable Energy 

Mark Hauenstein

Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Solar - Geothermal Storage 

Oral Presentations 

Minsu Cha and Yunxing Lu

Thermal Fracturing Behavior in Well Stimulations of Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Will Gosnold

Concept for a Distributed Baseload Electrical Power System in the Williston Basin

Ruben Havsed

Distributed Low-Temperature Geothermal Power from Oil and Gas Wells

Jeffrey Humber

Assessment of Geothermal Co-production from Oil and Gas Wells in Pakistan

Elodie Jeandel and Eléonore Dalmais 
and ES Géothermie 
Hydrocarbon-geothermal Co-production Challenges in Eastern Europe: Pilot Projects for Heat and Electricity in Serbia (GOSPEL Project)

Peter Malin1, Peter Leary1, Sergio Valenzuelaand Tero Saarno2
1 and 2 st1 Deep Heat, Espoo, Finland
Engineered Geothermal at Otaniemi and Basel: “End”-Members in Drilling and Induced Seismicity?

Jay Pulliam1, Diego Quiros1, Frank Sepulveda1, Joseph Thangraj1, John Queen2, Marge Queen2 and Joe Iovenitti3
1 , 2 Hi-Q Geophysical, Inc. and 3 Consulting Geologist
A Novel Approach to Automated, In-field Seismic Exploration and Monitoring Via Seismic Interferometry with Ambient Noise

Camisha Simmons

Purchasing Oil and Gas Assets in Bankruptcy

John Sisler

Real-Time Sensors for Multi-Phase Measurement of Pipe Flows in Steam and Gathering Lines

Richard Wynn

Lessons Learned Converting Gas Wells to Geothermal Energy

 

Posters & Reception

Wednesday January 10th 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Brian Anderson

Feasibility of Deep Direct Use Geothermal on the WVU Campus-Morgantown, WV

Joe Batir

East Texas Reservoir Study for Deep Direct Use 

Burke Brunson

Geophysical Analysis of the Paleogeothermal Gradient And Heat Flow in the Williston Basin, ND

Mark Ingram

Basin Analysis and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Bali Basin, Indonesia, with Expanded Geothermal Heat Flow Map of Sundaland

N. Jayaraju

Geothermal Energy in India: Past, Present and Future Scenarios
 
Elodie Jeandel and Eléonore Dalmais 
 and ES Géothermie 
Hydrocarbon-geothermal Co-production Challenges in Eastern Europe: Geothermal Pilot Projects for Heat and Electricity in Serbia (GOSPEL Project)  
 
Arna Pálsdóttir

Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Lithium from Geothermal Waters using Strategically Engineered Crown Ether Extractants
 
Rebecca Pitcock, Kirsten Nicholson and Ahmed Benkhayal

Geothermal Heat Flow in Northern Indonesia
 
Kris Pudyastuti1, Jatmiko Prio Atmojo2,Sugiatmo K.1,  Burhannudinnur M., Maman D.J.1 and Syarif Fadhlurrahman M1
1 and 2 Upstream Research & Technology, PT Pertamina (Persero), Indonesia
Thermal Characteristics in Initial Conditions (Natural State), Geothermal Field at South Sumatra – Indonesia
 
John Sisler

Pipeline Sensors Laboratory and Field Results
 
Daniel Wendt, Birendra Adhikari, Christopher Orme and Aaron Wilson

Switchable Polarity Solvent Forward Osmosis (SPS FO): Technology Development Status and Economic Potential for Produced Water Treatment
 

Sherilyn Williams-Stroud and Graham Yielding 
 and Badley Geoscience 
Induced Seismicity Related to Fault Structures

H. I. Yoon

Drilling Techniques and Equipment to Reach Depths Below 6 km.