Southern Methodist University (SMU)'s renowned Geothermal Laboratory will host its seventh international energy conference and workshop on the SMU campus May 19-20. The conference is designed to promote transition of oil and gas fields to electricity-producing geothermal systems by harnessing waste heat and fluids from both active and abandoned fields.
More than 200 professionals - ranging from members of the oil and gas service industry, reservoir engineers, to geothermal energy entrepreneurs, to lawyers - are expected to attend "Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields" Topics of discussion will include:
- Power generation from flare gas
- Power generation from waste-heat and geothermal fluids
- Research updates on induced seismicity, as well as onshore and offshore thermal maturation
- Play Fairway Analysis - a subsurface mapping technique used to identify prospective geothermal resources
- Technology updates.
