Geothermal Energy Utilization
Associated with Oil and Gas Development

 

Detailed Agenda and Presentations

 

Conference Speakers & Topics

 

Charles Baron

Google.org

Why Focus on Geothermal Energy?

 

Lyle Johnson

Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center

Testing of ORMAT Technology's Low-Temperature Geothermal Application

 

Ron Bolen

Howard Frazier Barker Elliott, Inc.

A New Angle for Raising Capital for Geothermal Projects

 

Katie Stepp

Deans & Lyons, LLP

Geothermal Trespass and the Rule of Capture

 

Michael Ronzello

Pratt & Whitney Power Systems

Installation of PureCycle Projects...Geothermal Success

 

Shannon McCall

Telios Corporation - MEP Engineering

New Perspectives on Geothermal Development

 

Paul Morgan

Colorado Geologic Survey

Geothermal Resources in Colorado's Oil and Gas Basins

 

George Alcorn

Universal GeoPower, LLC

 Case Study:  Developing a Geothermal Project using Abandoned Wells in Texas

 

Ric Abel

Prudential Capital Group

Geothermal Financing

 

Michael Ming

Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)

How can RPSEA assist in Project Development

 

Elias Hinckley

Venable LLP

Methods to Improve Geothermal Project Developement

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Carbon and Renewable Tax Credits

 

Paul Dunn

Gas Equipment Engineering Corporation

CO2 Generation for EOR and EGS

 

Martin Gibson

Patton Boggs, LLP

Geothermal Leases and the Regulatory Environment

 

Bruce Cutright

UT Austin Bureau of Economic Geology

Texas Geothermal Projects and Resources (past and present)

 

Canadian Geothermal Energy Association

Developing the Oil and Gas Fields of Canada

 

Loy Sneary

Gulf Coast Green Energy

 Commercialization of ElectraTherm Inc. Technology- Project Development in Mississippi with Denbury Resources

 

Bernie Karl

Chena Hot Springs Resort

From Alaska to Florida - Finding the Heat for Community Development

 

Will Gosnold

University of North Dakota, Dept. of Geology & Geological Engineering

Refining Estimates of Geothermal Power in Sedimentary Basins

 

Subir Sanyal

GeothermEx Inc.

Geothermal Power Production from Gas Wells in Texas and Louisiana

 

Congressman Joe Barton (invited)

Representative of the Texas 6th District to US Congress

The House Energy & Commerce Committee Expectations of Geothermal Energy

 

David Blackwell

Southern Methodist University, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences

Geothermal Development Year in Review

 

New Technology Forum

Guy Letendre

Lava Energy Systems Inc.

 

Tim Ryan

CryoStar

 

Jody Stonecipher

Tranter, Inc.

 

Halley Dickey

Turbine Air Systems, Ltd.

 

Bob Antaya

Dry Coolers, Inc.

 

Poster Presentations

Peter Naderer

OMV Exploration & Production GmbH

Transforming Liquidated Hydrocarbon Wells to Geothermal Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers

 

Richard Erdlac

Erdlac Energy Consulting, Midland, Texas

Implementing Oil Field Temperature Data for Formation Specific Heat Content

 

José Martínez Reyes

Geosciences Center,  National Autonomus University of México

Physical - Chemical Model of the Los Humeros Geothermal Reservoir, Mexico

 

Rob Klenner

University of North Dakota, Dept. of Geology & Geological Engineering

North Dakota Geothermal Energy

 

Walter Albers

Albers Technologies Corporation

Improving Electrical Generating Efficiencies of Well Geofluids

 

Karen Jones

The Aerospace Corporation

How to Explore for Geothermal Resources Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery

 

 

Table Topics during Lunch

Expected Costs for reworking a Prospect Well

 

Renewable Energy Credits and Carbon Credits

 

Starting a Geothermal Company

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Working with other Renewables

 

Department of Energy, Geothermal Proposals

 

International Geothermal Development

 

Geothermal Politics

 

The Prospective of an End User

 

Teaching Geothermal and University Research

 

For questions about presentations call Maria Richards at 214-768-1975.