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NGWA Geothermal Drilling Forum Program*
Ernest N.
Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
*Not all of the
hyperlinks below will take you to additional information because this program is
not complete at this time. The hyperlinks below will take you to the NGWA
Web site.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome Alan Eades, NGWA President |
| 9:05 a.m. |
Welcome Todd Giddings, NGWA Geothermal Energy Interest Group
Chairman |
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9:15 a.m. |
Keynote: Geothermal Business Opportunities for the Groundwater Industry
- Ed Wall, Department of Energy |
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9:45 a.m.
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Geothermal Diversification Opportunities for Water-Well Drillers,
Suppliers, Manufacturers, and Groundwater Scientists and Environmental
Engineers Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G., Todd
Giddings and Associates, Inc. |
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10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
Panel: Who Does What? Installers, Loopers, and Contractors: Jeff
Urlaub, MEP Associates; Jack Henrich, MGWC, Bergerson-Caswell
Inc.; Todd Giddings, Ph.D., PG, Todd Giddings and Associates Inc. |
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11:30 a.m. |
Why You Should Be Going After Retrofit Geothermal Heat Pump System Work
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G., Todd Giddings and
Associates, Inc. |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch (Provided) One-on-one discussions |
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Lessons Learned: |
| 1:30 p.m. |
One Loop in Ninety Nine to Go Dominique Durbin,
Durbin Geothermal, Inc. |
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2:00 p.m. |
So This Is Where You Want Us to Drill Dominique Durbin,
Durbin Geothermal, Inc. |
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2:30 p.m. |
Five Things You Should Never Do on a Geothermal Installation
Dave Pergel, Clearwater Geothermal Inc. |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:20 p.m. |
How to Decide Between Open-Loop Vs. Closed-Loop Geothermal Heat Pump
Systems Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G., Todd Giddings
and Associates Inc. |
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3:50 p.m. |
The Benefits and Detriments of Using Flowable Fill as a Grout Material
in Geothermal Boreholes Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.,
Todd Giddings and Associates, Inc. |
| 4:20 p.m. |
How a Large Loop Field Was Redesigned to Overcome a Complete Loss of
Mud-Rotary Circulation at Depth in the Boreholes Todd
Giddings, Ph.D., P.G., Todd Giddings and Associates, Inc.
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| 4:50 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Thursday, December 10, 2009: 8:00 a.m. – 12:30
p.m. |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Geothermal Cost Calculator |
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8:30 a.m. |
Developing Technologies for Geothermal Application (Standing Column
Wells and Radial Wells) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Groundwater Resource Protection: The Regulatory Perspective on
Geothermal Wells |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Hot Topics |
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11:30 a.m. |
Innovative Marketing Methods for Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G., Todd Giddings and Associates,
Inc. |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Summary and Adjournment |
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