BRGM and ENGINE Presentation

Engine Launching Conference 12-15 February 2006

Orléans, France

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 2

Welcome

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 3

BRGM Map

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 4

Outline

> BRGM Presentation

> BRGM Geothermal activities

> ENGINE Contract

> ENGINE Work Packages

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 5

BRGM

> Major public institution in the Geoscience field> Triple role of scientific research, public expertise and

international cooperation> BRGM operates as the French Geological Survey

> Objectives

Understand geological phenomena, develop new methodologies and techniques, produce and disseminate pertinent, high-quality data

Provide the necessary tools for public policies concerning surface, subsurface and natural-resource management, natural-risk and pollution prevention, and regional development and planning

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 6

8 thematic areas

> Mineral resources

> Water

> Development planning and natural risks

> Contaminated land and waste management

> Environmental metrology

> Mapping and geoinformation

> Geothermal energy and geological storage of CO2

> Digital information systems

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 7

www.brgm.fr

> 844 employees, including more than 600 scientists, engineers and technicians

> 29 regional offices in metropolitan France and its Overseas Departments and Territories

> Teams working in more than 40 countries

> Turnover for 2003: €81.49 million

> Legal status: A public institution with industrial and commercial interests under the joint supervision of the Ministry for Research, the Ministry for Industry and the Ministry for Environment.

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 8

Environmentand

Processes

D. DARMENDRAILD. DARMENDRAIL

Analysis andMineral

Characterisation

A. M. FOUILLACA. M. FOUILLAC

RegionalGeological

Surveys

M. BEURRIERM. BEURRIER

DevelopmentPlanning andNatural Risks

H. MODARESSIH. MODARESSI

Mineral Resources

J. TESTARDJ. TESTARD

Water

D. PENNEQUIND. PENNEQUIN

Geology and

Geoinformation

D. VASLETD. VASLET

Operational DivisionsOperational Divisions

ResearchC. FOUILLAC

Public ServiceL. BEROUD

InternationalJ.C. GUILLANEAU

Production, Informatics and Quality

F. LELANN

Strategic PlanningJ. VARET

General SecretaryR. GUERILLON

General InspectorateP.L KIRCHER

Human ResourcesM. BOUILLEAU

AccountingJ.P. RIBERT

Communications andPublications

G. LEHIDEUX-VERNIMMEN

Information Systems andTechnologies

J.M. TROUILLARDJ.M. TROUILLARD

ChairmanChairmanPh. VESSERONPh. VESSERON

Managing DirectorManaging DirectorD. HoussinD. Houssin

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 9

Geological map of France at 1:50,0001060 maps (92% maps published)

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 10

BRGM main geothermal activities

EGS Pilot Plant : Soultz

2005 2006 2007

High enthalpy project : DOM

EGS: ENGINE & Geophysics: I-GET

Low geothermal energy projects

Very low geothermal energy projects

Europe, 6FP, Ademe

Ademe, Feder, Régions

Europe, 6FP

Ademe, Arene, EDF, Régions

Europe, Ademe

Fundings

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 11

ENGINE Contract N°019760

> Contract signed by ENGINE partners sent to the Commission on 23/12/05

> Contract signed by the Commission on 06/02/06

> According to the contract the pre-financing will be made within 45 days from the date of the Commission's signature (before 21/03/06)

> Administrative questions: A. Beauce

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 12

WP1: The project management

• Objectives

– preparation, start up and closure of the project administration and organisation

– reporting with the Authorities of the 6th Framework

– smooth and streamlined information flow within the consortium

– controlling duties of the project

• Deliverables

– A project Manual, defining the guidelines of the Co-ordination Action, submitted for approval to the Executive Group, presentation at the Launching conference, Session 1

– Six-months reports to the EU Commission

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 13

WP2: Information and dissemination System

• Objectives– The information system

General information, Training and education, Publications, Data and metadata base, models, open-source software

– The publication systemScientific publications, Reports

– The dissemination systemThe Web site and the newsletter, Connection to scientific Web site, Participation to the national and international debates about sustainable development and renewable energy, General scientific dissemination, Public relation through press releases and media contacts

• Deliverables– A provisional Web site and an electronic monthly newsletter– Presentation and documentation of the provisional Web site and of

the perspective of the information system at the Launching conference, Session 2

– Proceedings of the conferences– A finalised Web site and an Information System including

electronic monthly newsletter– The bibliography of the Co-ordination Action

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 14

WP4/WP7: Drilling, stimulation and reservoir assessment

• Dynamics of the geothermal field, stimulation and reservoir assessment

– Stress pattern

– Stimulation and improvement of the permeability of a geothermal field

– Dynamics of the fissured horizons and induced microseismicity

– Reservoir physics and physical properties of rocks and hydro fracturing group

– Fluids, rock-fluid interaction, tracer and geochemistry, scaling factor

• Drilling

– Drilling cost effectiveness and feasibility of high-temperature drilling

– Micro-drilling

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 15

WP3/WP6: Investigation of Unconventional Geothermal Resources and in particular Enhanced Geothermal Systems

• Integration of recent progress in knowledge concerning the European lithosphere

• Mechanical behaviour of the upper crust and its response to stress, fluid circulation and heat-flow gradients

• Exploring different types of geothermal reservoir

– High-energy geothermal fields (active/recent volcanism and peripheral zones)

– High-temperature / low-permeability reservoirs (hot dry rocks)

– New deep, and possibly supercritical, geothermal reservoirs

– Multipurpose geothermal reservoirs

• Technological challenge of the investigation phase

– Improved exploration methods for deep geothermal resources

– Combined geological and geophysical imaging methods for defining and assessing reservoirs for potential heat exchange

– 3D modelling and imaging of permeable systems

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 16

WP5/WP8: Exploitation, economic, environmental and social impacts

• Exploitation– Unconventional exploitation systems – Development of innovative tools for exploitation– State-of-the-art of down-hole fluid treatments– Plant and reservoir monitoring – Re-injection

• A global economic approach of geothermal energy– Sustainability of geothermal energy– Multiple integrated uses group – Socio-economic benefits of geothermal exploitations

• Environmental impacts– Barriers to development– Microseismicity and risk assessment related to stimulation and

exploitation– Conditions for a 100% clean exploitation of geothermal energy

• Increasing policy makers awareness and public acceptance– Building a network for political support – Societal needs and public requirement– Communication policy

Engine, Launching conference, Orléans 13-15 February 2006 > 17

WP9: Risk evaluation for the development of geothermal energy

> Decision support systems enable an evaluation of the technical and socio-economic risk for the development of the geothermal energy