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A real-time advisory system for geothermal drilling and well completion optimisation
Latest news from OptiDrill Project

OptiDrill poster presentation at the German Geothermal Congress 2021
With a call for papers, the German Geothermal Association invited interested scientists and projects to present their current scientific findings at the DGK. Young scientists were also invited to participate in the “Science Bar”. This poster competition offered the opportunity to present bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral theses on the topic of geothermal energy to a broad professional audience.

OptiDrill paper submission and poster presentation at the EGC 2022
A paper was submitted on “Deep Geothermal Drilling Real-Time Performance Prediction and Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence Methods” and a poster was presented on this paper on the second day of the EGC 2022.

Poster presentation on OptiDrill at the EGPD 2023
The 14th annual European Geothermal PhD Days (EGPD) was held on 4th-6th April, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the first time EGPD was hosted

Contribution of Machine Learning and AI in Geothermal Energy: future is near
The manner in which the drilling bit is run is more important than which bit is run. OptiDrill coupled drilling optimisation ML models in the drilling advisory system will enable drillers to reach cost-effectively greater depths and higher temperatures on all types of geological formations for geothermal well drilling.

Technology Transfer and Synergies Meeting at IEG Fraunhofer, Germany
The OptiDrill project’s technical partners met for the technology transfer and synergy realisation of the two projects GeoDrill and OptiDrill, at IEG Bochum, Fraunhofer, Germany,

OptiDrill will be present at EGU 2023
OptiDrill’s partner Andrew Kingdon from British Geological Survey (BGS), will be presenting a paper on ‘Optimising the drilling process for geothermal wells using legacy oil

OptiDrill Consortium Meeting held at IEG Bochum, Germany
The 11 partners of the OptiDrill project met for a consortium meeting at IEG Bochum, Fraunhofer, Germany, on 13-14 December 2022. During the meeting, the

OptiDrill Concept Explainer Video
OptiDrill’s explainer video on OptiDrill Concept: Optimisation of Geothermal Drilling Operation with Machine Learning has been published on our YouTube channel. Watch it here

OptiDrill Webinar on Sharing the Vision: Advancing wells with Machine Learning and Sensor Technology
The OptiDrill project has organised it’s first open webinar, which will focus on OptiDrill’s drilling advisory system. OptiDrill project is developing a real-time drilling advisory