Feasibility study and economic analysis of geothermal well drilling

Moein Shamoushaki; Daniele Fiaschi; Giampaolo Manfrida; Pouriya H. Niknam; Lorenzo Talluri

doi:10.1080/00207233.2021.1905309

Feasibility study and economic analysis of geothermal well drilling

Moein Shamoushaki, Daniele Fiaschi^*, Giampaolo Manfrida, Pouriya H. Niknam, Lorenzo Talluri

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This paper reports a comprehensive survey of well drilling time and cost. The models include both specific correlations on various well types and generalised correlations for rough estimation. The models are derived from robust multivariable regression to minimise the residuals. Africa has the highest construction cost component in well drilling and the United States has the lowest. Data in various regions are compared with European and World average drilling data. Drilling time in Italy is similar to Europe and world averages. The proposed model directly estimates both the drilling cost and time to be used in fundamental research and feasibility studies for geothermal power plants applicable worldwide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1022-1036
Journal	International Journal of Environmental Studies
Volume	78
Issue number	6
Early online date	12 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2021.1905309
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 12 Apr 2021

Keywords

correlation
cost
drilling
economic
geothermal
well

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Geography, Planning and Development
Ecology
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Computers in Earth Sciences

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of Environmental Studies. Moein Shamoushaki, Daniele Fiaschi, Giampaolo Manfrida, Pouriya H. Niknam & Lorenzo Talluri (2021) Feasibility study and economic analysis of geothermal well drilling, International Journal of Environmental Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2021.1905309. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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