Geothermal completion technology life-cycle cost model (GEOCOM)
GEOCOM is a model developed to evaluate the cost effectiveness of alternative technologies used in the completion, production, and maintenance of geothermal wells. The model calculates the ratio of life-cycle cost to life-cycle production or injection and thus is appropriate for evaluating the cost effectiveness of a geothermal well even when the most economically profitable well completion strategies do not result in lowest capital costs. The project to develop the GEOCOM model included the establishment of a data base for studying geothermal completions and preliminary case/sensitivity studies. The code has the data base built into its structure as default parameters. These parameters include geothermal resource characteristics; costs of geothermal wells, workovers, and equipment; and other data. The GEOCOM model has been written in ANSI (American National Standard Institute) FORTRAN 1966 version.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); BDM Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5052662
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-82-1435C; CONF-821007-2; ON: DE82016787
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual goethermal resources council meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 11 Oct 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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