Exploration Strategy Using Deep Slimhole Drilling

Geothermal Exploration Drilling Strategy
REINTRODUCE
CORE/ DEEP SLIM
HOLE DRILLING
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Budi Abid Kristianto – Exploration Resource And Planning

PT Geo Dipa Energi ( Persero)
For INAGA Trisakti Student Chapter, 2 nd Webinar 8 June 2020
OUTLINE
1. Why Geothermal?!
2. Exploration Drilling Strategy
• Resource Conceptual Model and Characterization
• Resource Risk and Project Risk
• Geothermal Well
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• Deep Slim Hole (DSH) vs Standard big hole

• Data obtained from Deep slim hole
• Detail subsurface information
• Core data evaluation
• Refine conceptual model
• Summary
WHY GEOTHERMAL?! (Personal Photograph, 2011 - 2014)
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Global warming, make their way in northwest Greenland with their
paws in melted ice water.
carbon emission effect
Biggest energy development opportunities in
Indonesia, No emission, Clean, Environmental
friendly, Reliable, Exceptionally constant energy,
Available all season, all weather, all year long,
High efficiency coupled with low maintenance,
Free impact of instability oil price, Relatively less
land usage, Baseload energy and cannot be
transported…..
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EXPLORATION DRILLING STRATEGY
Some consideration to develop drilling
strategy.
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Thorhallsson and Gunnsteinsson, 2012
RESOURCE CONCEPTUAL MODEL
(Geodipa, Internal documents, 2020)

RESOURCE CONCEPTUAL MODEL
Even if done with
the best team and
best assessment’s
method, still there
is a risk of
failure!!!
(JACOBS, 2018,
ELC, Star Energy, 2012
Geodipa, Internal documents,
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2020)
GEOTHERMAL PROJECT RISK
Upstream Resource Development Downstream Plant Construction/Operations
High
100%
Cumulative Costs
Risk Level
Moderate 50%
Risk
Low
I II III IV V Modified
Stage
Surface Exploration Drilling Production Drilling SAGS + Power Plant Operation + World Bank Group,
Reconnaissance ($20-30 mil) Maintenance
($1-2 mil)
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( $20-30 mil) ̴
( $20-200 mil) ESMAP: 2012.
Purba et al, 2018
Year 1-2 Year 2-3 Year 4-6 Year 6-8 Year 8+ Time
EXPLORATION DRILLING
SUCCESS RATIO
Only 30% the drilling
success ratio of
Exploration wells!!!
Should we take the

risk, drilling with high
cost using big/

30% standard wells?
Do we have another
option?
GEOTHERMEX, 2010
GEOTHERMAL WELL TYPE
There are 4 types of wells

that may be used for
geothermal exploration
Which one is the best
option for exploration
project phase?!
(Purba et al, 2018)

WELL TYPE COMPARISON Standard/ big
Temperature Temperature
Gradient Hole hole
Deep Gradient Hole
Slimhole Deep
Slimhole
No scale
Conductive
clay cap
Top of reservoir
Deep reservoir
(Modified from
JACOBS, 2017)
• Deep Slimholes (DSH) and Standard/ Big hole test deep reservoir
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• Temperature Gradient Holes (TGH) seek temperature confirmation in the clay cap zone
SLIM HOLE VS STANDARD
HOLE (OPERATION) (JACOBS, 2017)
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SLIM HOLE VS STANDARD HOLE
(WELL PAD)
Slim hole well pad Standard well pad
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(JACOBS, 2017)
SLIM HOLE VS
STANDARD HOLE (COST)
• TG wells are inexpensive, around
10-20% of the cost of a slim well
• Slim wells are inexpensive
commonly 25 – 30%-of the cost
commercial wells
• information
The Full-scale, commercial
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expensive, ranging from a
minimum $4M to in excess of
$7.5M
• The most expensive commercial
grade wells may exceed $10M to
drill and complete
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(GRG, 2018)
DEEP SLIM HOLE DRILLING
PROJECT TIMELINE
Full core drilling
makes longer
drilling time
Slimhole = approx. 25 m/day (65 days to 2000 m)

Conventional well = approx. 40 m/day (40 days to 2000 m)
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(JACOBS, 2017)
DETAIL SUBSURFACE DATA FROM
SLIMHOLES 1. Reservoir Geology
 Full core and cuttings
2. Deep reservoir
chemistry
3. Deep reservoir
permeability
4. Deep reservoir
temperature and
pressure
5. Well productivity from

completion test
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(JACOBS, 2017)
DETAIL GEOLOGICAL
INFORMATION
Run at shallow depth
Run at reservoir depth
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(JACOBS, 2017)
CORE DATA EVALUATION
Geologists lets Talk!!
Hydrothermal Reservoir
alteration fractures
mineralization analysis
Rock type, hydrothermal alteration mineral, veining zone filling mineral, related with fracture and
permeability
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Rock names should describe both the chemical composition and the deposit type
Chemical composition: andesite, obsidian, shale, limestone, etc. Test?!
Deposit type: tuff, lava, breccia, etc. Test?!
Describe the texture ; limit yourself to these terminologies :
 IGNEOUS ROCK
• Pyroclastic  If it is a mixture of Pumice, Phenocrysts, Rock Fragments, etc
• Glassy If Pumiceous or massive streaky glass.
• Aphanitic  If crystals are too small; identifiable only with a microscope
• Granular  forward,
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• Porphyritic  If a mixture of large and very small crystals (large phenocrysts in an
aphanitic matrix).
 METAMORPHIC
• Gneissose  If it is banded rock
• Schistose  If easily cleaved
• Slaty  If easily splits
 SEDIMENTARY
• Clastic  Consisting of broken fragments
• Organic  Shell fragments, etc
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• Crystalline  eg. Limestone, chert, etc
• Describe the dominant color:
 First the shade: light or dark ?
 Then the color itself: gray or green or etc, ?
 If distinguishable, give the color of the matrix and the large crystals.
• Describe the hardness or firmness of the rock:
 Is it friable (using a dentist’s pick) ? Hard ? Does it swell and soften in water? Is it
flaky?
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• What is the degree of alteration? Limit yourself to intense, moderate, slight or fresh
(no alteration).
• What is the type of hydrothermal alteration? Argillitization ?, propylitization ?,
silicification ?, sericitization ? etc.
• Determine the % mineral of total assemblage (the important minerals listed in the
wellsite description form). Note the density of each within the microscope field of view
and compare with the % chart at the back page of the form.
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SUMMARY
DEEP SLIMHOLE APPLICATION
1. Exploration
 Reservoir discovery
2. Delineation
 Proving size of reservoir
3. Field monitoring, Use after
exploration
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 Sentinel wells forward,- Earlyrepublish,
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• Marginal fluids entering system
• Effects on environmentally
sensitive geothermal features
4. Condensate Injection Slimholes being used in conjunction with
 In 5-20 MW projects conventional wells to accelerate resource
delineation (Indonesia, 1990’s)
5. Production / Injection
 In small remote projects (JACOBS, 2017
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Geodipa, Internal documents,
2020)
DEEP SLIMHOLE SUCCESS
STORIES
1994 - 1998
1996 - 1998
1996
Montelago, Philippine
Ijen, Indonesia
40MW potential (Rojas, 2015)

200°C
291°C
(Modified JACOBS, 2017, Geodipa,
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Internal documents, 2020)
SUMMARY
WHY DEEP SLIMHOLE?
(JACOBS, 2017
Medco Ijen, 2017, Geodipa, Internal
documents, 2020)
• Lower drilling cost. Reduced financial risk in geothermal
exploration drilling
• Slim wells avoid infrastructure cost of building harbours, big
roads and large well pads
• Smaller environmental footprint will result the ease of
exploration and drilling permit
• Technically, same information is retrieved from slim wells as a
standard size well
• Some recent exploration drilling using standard big hole in
Indonesia are proven to be ineffective. The plan vs actual
result MWe is not meet
• Meanwhile based on historical data of DSH. This exploration
strategy is confirmed to be key successful factor for several
exploration field in Indonesia. Sarulla, Darajat, Wayang
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Windu, etc. forward, republish, or permit unauthorized access.
Sarulla 1994 – 1998
Depth 500m
QUIZ
CORE PETROGRAPHIC
ANALYSIS
1 well, 2 cores data. Do your analysis!
Depth 1200m
You can try to answer and send your

analysis to my email. Check my
LinkedIn.
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Geothermal Exploration Drilling Strategy

Budi Abid Kristianto – Exploration Resource And Planning

• Deep Slim Hole (DSH) vs Standard big hole

(Geodipa, Internal documents, 2020)

Should we take the

cost using big/

There are 4 types of wells

(Purba et al, 2018)

Slim hole well pad Standard well pad

Slimhole = approx. 25 m/day (65 days to 2000 m)

5. Well productivity from

Run at reservoir depth

40MW potential (Rojas, 2015)

1 well, 2 cores data. Do your analysis!

You can try to answer and send your

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