BRGM and ENGINE Presentation
Engine Launching Conference 12-15 February 2006
Orléans, France
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Welcome
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BRGM Map
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Outline
> BRGM Presentation
> BRGM Geothermal activities
> ENGINE Contract
> ENGINE Work Packages
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BRGM
> Major public institution in the Geoscience field> Triple role of scientific research, public expertise and
international cooperation> BRGM operates as the French Geological Survey
> Objectives
Understand geological phenomena, develop new methodologies and techniques, produce and disseminate pertinent, high-quality data
Provide the necessary tools for public policies concerning surface, subsurface and natural-resource management, natural-risk and pollution prevention, and regional development and planning
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8 thematic areas
> Mineral resources
> Water
> Development planning and natural risks
> Contaminated land and waste management
> Environmental metrology
> Mapping and geoinformation
> Geothermal energy and geological storage of CO2
> Digital information systems
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www.brgm.fr
> 844 employees, including more than 600 scientists, engineers and technicians
> 29 regional offices in metropolitan France and its Overseas Departments and Territories
> Teams working in more than 40 countries
> Turnover for 2003: €81.49 million
> Legal status: A public institution with industrial and commercial interests under the joint supervision of the Ministry for Research, the Ministry for Industry and the Ministry for Environment.
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Environmentand
Processes
D. DARMENDRAILD. DARMENDRAIL
Analysis andMineral
Characterisation
A. M. FOUILLACA. M. FOUILLAC
RegionalGeological
Surveys
M. BEURRIERM. BEURRIER
DevelopmentPlanning andNatural Risks
H. MODARESSIH. MODARESSI
Mineral Resources
J. TESTARDJ. TESTARD
Water
D. PENNEQUIND. PENNEQUIN
Geology and
Geoinformation
D. VASLETD. VASLET
Operational DivisionsOperational Divisions
ResearchC. FOUILLACPublic Service
L. BEROUDInternational
J.C. GUILLANEAU
Production, Informatics and QualityF. LELANN
Strategic PlanningJ. VARET
General SecretaryR. GUERILLON
General InspectorateP.L KIRCHER
Human ResourcesM. BOUILLEAU
AccountingJ.P. RIBERT
Communications andPublications
G. LEHIDEUX-VERNIMMEN
Information Systems andTechnologies
J.M. TROUILLARDJ.M. TROUILLARD
ChairmanChairmanPh. VESSERONPh. VESSERON
Managing DirectorManaging DirectorD. HoussinD. Houssin
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Geological map of France at 1:50,0001060 maps (92% maps published)
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BRGM main geothermal activities
EGS Pilot Plant : Soultz
2005 2006 2007
High enthalpy project : DOM
EGS: ENGINE & Geophysics: I-GET
Low geothermal energy projects
Very low geothermal energy projects
Europe, 6FP, Ademe
Ademe, Feder, Régions
Europe, 6FP
Ademe, Arene, EDF, Régions
Europe, Ademe
Fundings
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ENGINE Contract N°019760
> Contract signed by ENGINE partners sent to the Commission on 23/12/05
> Contract signed by the Commission on 06/02/06
> According to the contract the pre-financing will be made within 45 days from the date of the Commission's signature (before 21/03/06)
> Administrative questions: A. Beauce
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WP1: The project management
• Objectives– preparation, start up and closure of the project
administration and organisation– reporting with the Authorities of the 6th Framework – smooth and streamlined information flow within the
consortium– controlling duties of the project
• Deliverables– A project Manual, defining the guidelines of the Co-
ordination Action, submitted for approval to the Executive Group, presentation at the Launching conference, Session 1
– Six-months reports to the EU Commission
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WP2: Information and dissemination System
• Objectives– The information system
General information, Training and education, Publications, Data and metadata base, models, open-source software
– The publication systemScientific publications, Reports
– The dissemination systemThe Web site and the newsletter, Connection to scientific Web site, Participation to the national and international debates about sustainable development and renewable energy, General scientific dissemination, Public relation through press releases and media contacts
• Deliverables– A provisional Web site and an electronic monthly newsletter– Presentation and documentation of the provisional Web site and of
the perspective of the information system at the Launching conference, Session 2
– Proceedings of the conferences– A finalised Web site and an Information System including
electronic monthly newsletter– The bibliography of the Co-ordination Action
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WP4/WP7: Drilling, stimulation and reservoir assessment
• Dynamics of the geothermal field, stimulation and reservoir assessment– Stress pattern– Stimulation and improvement of the permeability of a
geothermal field– Dynamics of the fissured horizons and induced
microseismicity– Reservoir physics and physical properties of rocks and
hydro fracturing group– Fluids, rock-fluid interaction, tracer and geochemistry,
scaling factor
• Drilling– Drilling cost effectiveness and feasibility of high-
temperature drilling– Micro-drilling
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WP3/WP6: Investigation of Unconventional Geothermal Resources and in particular Enhanced Geothermal Systems
• Integration of recent progress in knowledge concerning the European lithosphere
• Mechanical behaviour of the upper crust and its response to stress, fluid circulation and heat-flow gradients
• Exploring different types of geothermal reservoir– High-energy geothermal fields (active/recent volcanism and
peripheral zones)– High-temperature / low-permeability reservoirs (hot dry rocks)– New deep, and possibly supercritical, geothermal reservoirs– Multipurpose geothermal reservoirs
• Technological challenge of the investigation phase– Improved exploration methods for deep geothermal resources– Combined geological and geophysical imaging methods for
defining and assessing reservoirs for potential heat exchange– 3D modelling and imaging of permeable systems
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WP5/WP8: Exploitation, economic, environmental and social impacts
• Exploitation– Unconventional exploitation systems – Development of innovative tools for exploitation– State-of-the-art of down-hole fluid treatments– Plant and reservoir monitoring – Re-injection
• A global economic approach of geothermal energy– Sustainability of geothermal energy– Multiple integrated uses group – Socio-economic benefits of geothermal exploitations
• Environmental impacts– Barriers to development– Microseismicity and risk assessment related to stimulation and
exploitation– Conditions for a 100% clean exploitation of geothermal energy
• Increasing policy makers awareness and public acceptance– Building a network for political support – Societal needs and public requirement– Communication policy
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WP9: Risk evaluation for the development of geothermal energy
> Decision support systems enable an evaluation of the technical and socio-economic risk for the development of the geothermal energy