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Cecile MassiotGeothermal Geoscientist
Biography
Cécile is a structural geologist and borehole log interpretation specialist who aims to unravel characteristics of fracture systems which conduct fluid flow in the Earth's crust. Her structural and geomechanical analyses in geothermal, hydrocarbon and active fault systems improve resource management and understanding of tectonics. She complements borehole data with outcrop, completion well test data and 3D-modeling studies and thrives in cross-disciplinary projects. Cécile has been involved in most borehole image log interpretations in New Zealand geothermal fields since the first deployment of ALT high temperature ABI tool in 2009. She has also interpreted borehole data in three scientific drilling programs: Iceland Deep Drilling Program (Iceland, 2009); Deep Fault Drilling Program (Alpine Fault, South Island of New Zealand, 2014); and IODP Exp. 376 Brothers Arc Flux (Kermadec arc offshore New Zealand, 2018).
Qualifications
- MSc, Numerical Geology
- Engineering degree "Diplome d'ingenieur", Petroleum Geosciences and Reservoir Engineering
- PhD, Geophysics
Areas of expertise
- Geology: Structural Geology
- Geology: Active fault studies
- Geology: Field studies
- Technical: 3-D computer modelling
- Geology: 3D modelling
- Geology: Geothermal
- Geology: Log analysis
- Geology: Drillcore logging
- Geology: Borehole Image Analysis
- Business Development: Geothermal
- Technical: Terrestrial Laser Scanning
- Business Development: Borehole Log Interpretation
- Geology: Petroleum Geology
- Technical: Statistical methods and modeling
Major Publications
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- CALDERA: a scientific drilling concept to unravel Connections Among Life, geo-Dynamics and Eruptions in a Rifting Arc caldera, Okataina Volcanic Centre, Aotearoa New Zealand, Scientific Drilling 33(1): p. 67-88. DOI: 10.5194/sd-33-67-2024.
- Modelling of flow through naturally fractured geothermal reservoirs, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Geothermal Energy (Springer) 11(1): 36 p. ; article 20. DOI: 10.1186/s40517-023-00262-6.
- Petrophysical facies and inferences on permeability at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, using downhole images and petrophysical data, Economic Geology 118(7): p. 1629-1655. DOI: 10.5382/econgeo.4897.
- Tectonic controls on Taupo Volcanic Zone geothermal expression : insights from Te Mihi, Wairakei Geothermal Field, Tectonics 38(8): p. 3011-3033. DOI: 10.1029/2018TC005296.
- Effects of regional and local stresses on fault slip tendency in the southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, Marine and Petroleum Geology 107: p. 467-483. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.05.030.
- Critical role of caldera collapse in the formation of seafloor mineralization : the case of Brothers volcano, Geology 47(8): p. 762-766. DOI: 10.1130/G46047.1.
- The Alpine Fault hangingwall viewed from within : structural analysis of ultrasonic image logs in the DFDP-2B borehole, New Zealand, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 19(8): p. 2492-2515. DOI: 10.1029/2017GC007368.
- Evidence for tectonic, lithologic, and thermal controls on fracture system geometries in an andesitic high-temperature geothermal field, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 122(8): p. 6853-6874. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014121.
- Quantitative geometric description of fracture systems in an andesite lava flow using terrestrial laser scanner data, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 341: p. 315-331. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.05.036.
- Statistical methods of fracture characterisation using acoustic borehole televiewer log interpretation, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 122(8): p. 6836-6852. DOI: 10.1002/2017JB014115.
- Heterogeneity of structure and stress in the Rotokawa Geothermal Field, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 120(2): p. 1243-1262. DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011480.
- Processing and analysis of high temperature geothermal acoustic borehole image logs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, Geothermics 53: p. 190-201. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2014.05.010.
- Interpretive review of the acoustic borehole image logs acquired to date in the Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal Field