State-of-the-Art Geothermal Well Drilling Case Studies

Retired, Sr. Technical Advisor, Baker Hughes, Texas, USA Sam Abraham has 30 years’ experience in the drilling industry, mainly in exploration and production wells in Indonesia followed by 20 years in the geothermal industry in numerous countries. Sam has worked as Senior Project Manager with various private companies in directing geothermal field operations including drilling, especially on remote drilling and start up projects, mainly with deep high temperature geothermal wells in New Zealand, USA, and Kenya, including big bore and standard size completion. Sam has deep knowledge of well design, preparing drilling programs and well cost estimates, HSE policy implementation, contract management, permitting and logistics, drilling project management and audits. Sam is technical advisor of the LBNL-SNL research projects for the Department of Energy and the International Geothermal Association. He served as a Geothermal Technical Consultant for the World Bank and has published over 20 technical papers including case studies.

1. Geothermal background
2. North America
3. Asia
4. Latin America
5. Australia and New Zealand
6. Europe
7. Africa
8. Forge doe research site
9. Cementing in geothermal wells
10. Drilling fluids in geothermal wells
11. Lost circulation in geothermal wells
12. University and industry research
13. Crystal ball