Workshop Programme
The workshop programme is now available as a final draft. Presenter biographies
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DAY 1: Monday 11 June 2012
- Planning, permitting & relationships
- Exploration reconnassaince
- Geological hazards & environmental risks
- Technical resource assessment
- Drilling prefeasibility
DAY 2: Tuesday 12 June 2012
- Drilling process & preparation
- Rig geology & petrology
- Well testing & interference testing
- Geochemistry & well sampling
- Conceptual geological modelling
- Permitting
- Baseline environmental monitoring
- Reservoir modelling
DAY 3: Wednesday 13 June 2012
- Resource assessment & delineation
- Plant design
- Economics
- Risk management and financing
- New Zealand and international case studies
DAY 4: Thursday 14 June 2012
- Field trip: power station, geothermal drilling rig and natural geothermal park
DAY 5&6: 15-16 June 2012 (Optional)
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