Geothermal resource and reserve assessment methodology: Overview, analysis and future directions

AE Ciriaco, SJ Zarrouk, G Zakeri - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Resource assessment and reserve estimation play a crucial role in the decision-making,
financing, development, and operation of geothermal projects. The present study critically …

Refined experimental design and response surface methodology workflow using proxy numerical models for probabilistic geothermal resource assessment

AE Ciriaco, SJ Zarrouk, G Zakeri, WI Mannington - Geothermics, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical reservoir modelling is the most reliable geothermal resource assessment tool for
quantifying power production at a sustainable level, but it does not mesh well with the Monte …

3-D interpretative modelling applied to the geology of the Kawerau geothermal system, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

SD Milicich, C Bardsley, G Bignall, CJN Wilson - Geothermics, 2014 - Elsevier
Successful development of a geothermal system requires reliable information on its
permeability and fluid pathways, which can be fault-controlled and/or influenced by the …

A new reservoir model to support environmental monitoring of the Orakeikorako geothermal system

J O'Sullivan, S Arthur, M O'Sullivan - Geothermics, 2016 - Elsevier
Orakeikorako is one of several protected geothermal systems in the Taupo Volcanic Zone
(TVZ) in the centre of the north island of New Zealand. Its beautiful surface features are …

An Updated Model of Ohaaki, New Zealand

M O'Sullivan, J O'Sullivan, M Gravatt, J Riffault… - New …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The University of Auckland has been collaborating with Contact Energy Limited
(and its predecessors) for many years on computer modelling of the Ohaaki Geothermal …

[PDF][PDF] MODELING THE OHAAKI GEOTHERMAL STSYEM

EK Clearwater¹, MJ O'Sullivan¹, K Brockbank… - tough.lbl.gov
The Ohaaki geothermal system lies within the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) in the North Island
of New Zealand. Since the early 1980s, a series of numerical models of the Ohaaki …