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

为了设计油井，将开发一种新的概念“智能地质井”，包括从母井延伸到远场储集层区域的许多侧向。这项智能技术将提供一个独特的机会来提高地热库的生产率，地热库可以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，地热行业将为实现温室气体零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方法，能够从枯竭/非常规储层中提取石油和天然气，同时将对周围环境(地下水和空气)的破坏降至最低。该项目的产品将惠及中国能源市场，并缓解化石油气资源开发和消费带来的进一步污染产生和气候变化。

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.