Upcoming Division Talk 

Going the Extra Miles: Drilling Deeper for Enhanced and Super Hot Rock Geothermal
Speaker: John Hirschmiller, P.Geo., GLJ Ltd.
Time: 12:00-1:00pm (MST)
Location: CSPG Classroom, +15 level, 540-5 Ave SW, Calgary AB
This talk will also be available online. 

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Registration closes: April 13, 2023 @ 8:00am (MST) 

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Past presentation information
October 13, 2022: Geothermal Ecosystems, Philip Ball, Clean Air Taskforce
October 13, 2022 presentation
Oct 13, 2022- Vargas etal 2022- Geothermal Megacities
Oct 13, 2022- Varga etal 2022- Geothermal Megacities Nature Supplementary

Did you know CSPG members can attend Geothermal Canada webinars for free? 

Email: [email protected] for the details and click the icon above to find out about upcoming Geothermal Canada webinars.  

Division Profile
Vision: to educate CSPG Members about the Global Geothermal Industry through knowledge sharing from integrated geoscientific disciplines with the goal of highlighting the highly relevant skills of hydrogeologists, petroleum geologists, mining geologists, geophysicists and geomechanics specialists.  Special focus will be given to emerging Canadian Projects.

The Division will hold a series of brown bag lunches annually.

Lunch talks will start with a “snapshot of a producing geothermal project” alternating between igneous and sedimentary plays. 
Preliminary ideas for talks in 2019-2020:
      1) Geothermal 101 – focus on play types (including igneous), the global production of geothermal energy and the uses of geothermal energy.  
      2) An overview of the nascent Canadian Geothermal Industry – focus on research and development and emerging plays 
      3) Characterization of geothermal resources – focus on key parameters for defining resources/reserves and how to determine them.  
      4) Mapping hydrothermal reservoirs or hot sedimentary aquifers – a workflow for getting started.  Highlighting the relevant skill sets of hydrogeologists and petroleum geologists (Part 1).  
      5) Spotlight on new technologies – drilling, surface facilities or subsurface and the implications for development.
      6) Geo-Modelling of geothermal reservoirs
      7) Case Studies of existing geothermal plays 

Division success is dependent on Member interest and enthusiastic volunteers with a passion for knowledge sharing.  If you have an idea for a talk please contact one of the committee members listed below. 

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Committee Members 
Co-Chairs:
Rochelle Longval
Yannick Champollion 
Committee members: 
Daniel Alonso Torres
Jeanine Vany 

Geothermal Technical Division Sponsor