US 12,378,869 B2
Methods for producing a geothermal well
Pontus Loviken, Clamart (FR); Matthieu Simon, Clamart (FR); Josselin Kherroubi, Clamart (FR); Andrew J. Parry, Clamart (FR); Ronan Meneu, Montpellier (FR); Olivier Bernard, Montpellier (FR); Delphine Coutrot, Montpellier (FR); and Elodie Daynac, Montpellier (FR)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/613,365.
Claims priority of application No. 23305387 (EP), filed on Mar. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318537 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 44/00 (2006.01); F24T 10/00 (2018.01)
CPC E21B 44/00 (2013.01) [F24T 10/00 (2018.05); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); F24T 2010/53 (2018.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing a geothermal well, the method comprising:
obtaining site information including at least a site volume;
obtaining drilling parameters;
determining orientations and lengths of planned wellbores of the geothermal well based at least partially on the site information, the drilling parameters, and a model based at least partially on thermal efficiency of the planned wellbores, wherein the determining of the orientations and the lengths of the planned wellbores includes calculating thermal recovery scores of the model for a plurality of different well configurations, wherein each well configuration of the plurality of different well configurations includes wellbores with predetermined wellhead positions, wellbore orientations, and wellbore lengths, and wherein, for each well configuration of the plurality of different well configurations, the calculated thermal recovery score is indicative of efficiency of recovery of thermal energy via the wellbores.