Newton Fund - Smart-GeoWells: Smart technologies for optimal drilling, completion, design and management of geothermal wells

新概念“Smart-GeoWells”将用于井的设计，通过将许多分支井从母井延伸到远场油藏区域。这项智能技术将提供一个独特的机会，提高地热储层的生产力，从地壳中提取可再生和清洁的热能。通过采用拟议的井系统，地热行业将为实现零温室气体排放的全球目标做出重大贡献。Smart-GeoWells方法也可以作为水力压裂的替代品，从枯竭/非常规油藏中提取石油和天然气，同时最大限度地减少对周围环境（地下水和空气）的破坏。该项目的产品将有利于中国的能源市场，并进一步缓解因开采和消耗化石烃资源而产生的污染和气候变化。

A new concept ‘Smart-GeoWells’ will be developed for well design by incorporating many laterals extendingfrom the mother-bore to far-field reservoir regions. The smart technology will provide a unique opportunity toenhance the productivity of geothermal reservoirs that extract renewable and clean heat energy from theEarth’s crust. By employing the proposed well system, the geothermal industry will significantly contribute tothe global target of zero greenhouse gas emissions. The Smart-GeoWells approach can also serve as analternative to fracking, enabling extraction of oil and gas from depleted/unconventional reservoirs, whilstminimising the damage to the surrounding environment (groundwater and air). The products of this project willbenefit the Chinese energy market and mitigate further pollution generation and climate change, induced bythe exploitation and consumption of fossil hydrocarbon resources.