Geothermal Exploration is the bridge between early-stage ideas for development and fully committed planning and start up. In the broadest sense, Geothermal Exploration involves proving the viability of geothermal energy as a practical means of generating power and/or heat in a particular location. As the knowledge produced through exploration is gathered, engineering plans can be created, construction costs and energy-producing potential can be assessed. Accurate information from the exploration stage is crucial to assessing not only the overall viability but the detailed physical challenges of drilling, the production expectations and costs.
The exploration stage involves many different, inter-related disciplines relating to the earth's geology, hydrology, geochemistry and geophysics.
Mannvit Geothermal Exploration Services:
- Review and interpretation of existing data
- Geophysical exploration
- Conceptual modeling
- Reservoir engineering
- Feasibility studies
Mannvit is a leading consulting firms in geothermal exploration, basic research and applied research. The company has worked on numerous projects in Iceland, Europe, Asia and Central America and our specialists have decades of experience in the areas of geothermal surveys and research. Mannvit employs senior geoscientists across all disciplines related to geothermal exploration, including:
- Geology
- Petrophysics
- Borehole Geology
- Geophysics
- Geochemistry
- Hydrology
- Reservoir engineering
- Geography (GIS systems)
Project example - Geothermal Energy Evaluation in Hungary:
Since 2006, Mannvit has provided the following services to PannErgy in Hungary:
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Evaluation of all potential geothermal areas in Hungary (database contains 7,000 wells)
- Audio magnetotelluric surveys, magnetotelluric soundings, and gravity surveys of 460 km of MT lines and 1,800 gravity stations
- Seismic interpretations, 400 lines have been selected
- Integrated interpretation of all geological and geophysical data in Southwest Hungary, resulting in siting of first exploratory well