Geothermal Energy Engineering

Dr. Livescu is a professor in the Department of Geothermal Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, SPE technical director for data science and engineering analytics, and editor-in-chief, Elsevier Geoenergy Science and Engineering. He has conducted fundamental and applied research, multidisciplinary research and technology development, diversified innovation, intellectual property, and management applied to several petroleum engineering and clean energy technical disciplines, with a focus on well engineering and operations (monitoring and telemetry systems, well intervention, stimulation, construction, production, and data science and engineering analytics). He is strongly committed to helping solve some of the most impactful energy transition and digital transformation problems for a net-zero, sustainable and affordable energy future. Birol Dindoruk is currently a Professor and AADE Endowed professor in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston, USA. He is also currently Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier’s Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Birol previously worked at Shell for over 35 years as a Chief Scientist of Reservoir Physics, one of seven allotted in the company. He received a B.Sc. in petroleum engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul, a Engineering MSc from Bogazici University, a MSc in petroleum engineering from the University of Alabama, a MBA from the University of Houston, and a PhD in petroleum engineering from Stanford. Birol has published well over 130 publications and is active in many associations, including Society of Petroleum Engineers.

1. Overview of Geothermal Systems
2. Resource Assessment and Management for Different Geothermal Systems (Hydrothermal, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, and Advanced Geothermal Systems)
3. Geothermal Well Drilling
4. Geothermal Well Construction and Completion: Overview of Casing Materials, Sizes, Depth, and Solutions
5. Well Integrity and Future Construction of Geothermal Wells
6. High-Temperature Geothermal Well Cementing
7. Geothermal Production, Injection and Storage Engineering
8. Stimulation in Enhanced Geothermal Systems
9. Production and Operation of Geothermal Systems
10. Simulation of Geothermal Resource Management
11. Artificial Intelligence in Geothermal Energy
12. Global screening for superhot rock geothermal energy: geodynamic settings, prospective heat endowment and extraction techniques
13. Geothermal Energy and Fluid Properties with a Special focus on Geothermal Non-Condensable Gases