Geothermal Exploration Consulting Services
Cost-effectively minimizing geothermal resource risks
Revealing geothermal resource potential, derisking development, and estimating recoverable thermal power.
Geothermal resource assessment consulting services
Validating clean, baseload power potential for geothermal project developments
Overview
We see the risk and reward in every resource
In any geothermal project, the most significant variable is the resource itself. Several moving parts need to come together for a commercially successful geothermal project development. The critical parameters are resource temperature, depth, productivity, and sustainability.
We leverage our GeothermEx™ geothermal consulting services to accurately evaluate geothermal resources. The breadth and depth of our subsurface knowledge and expertise sets us apart—from describing the geology, stratigraphy, and tectonic structures, to permeable pathways for geothermal fluid migration. We comb through every relevant piece of your geological, geochemical, and geophysical drilling and testing data to unearth the truth about your resource—whether its power capacity is 5 or 500 MW.
Applications
Global leaders in resource assessment
We’ve assessed resources all over the world, unlocking nearly 8.5 GW of geothermal power.
GeothermEx services have been involved in 70% of all operating geothermal power projects worldwide.
Benefits
An intrinsic understanding of your resource, delivered
Our resource assessment—which typically includes a conceptual resource model—provides a clear view of your project’s risks and opportunities.
Hundreds of resources
We've evaluated hundreds of resources of all types—high- or low-enthalpy resources for power, direct use, or hybrid approaches. We've consulted on them all, including nearly 200 operating projects—large and small, flash and binary.
More than 50 projects generating < 50 MWe
Bigger isn't always better. To beat climate change, every geothermal project has a positive impact.
65+ mega projects
Sometimes size does matter from a project development standpoint. We've had the privilege of consulting for most of the world's largest geothermal project developments, generating baseload power at levels ranging from a few hundred MW to 2 GW.
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