Understanding geothermal plays: From geological conceptualisation to full‑system simulation with Volsung
Through visual walkthroughs, this webinar will help geoscientists and early‑career professionals develop an intuitive understanding of how heat sources, fluid flow, faults, and recharge patterns shape reservoir behaviour, while introducing how Volsung represents and simulates these processes.
The session provides a clear and practical overview of geothermal systems through the concept of geothermal plays, and how these plays and their transition into reservoir models using Volsung. Rather than focusing on a detailed, step‑by‑step workflow, the emphasis is on demonstrating how a strong geological interpretation can be transformed into a dynamic system representation, integrating key elements such as boundary conditions, heat sources, flow patterns, and structural controls. Through simplified examples, it illustrates how different types of systems can be conceptualised and represented in a reservoir model, enabling a better understanding of geothermal behaviour.
This webinar is designed for geoscientists, early‑career reservoir modellers, and geothermal reservoir engineers, particularly those interested in alternative modelling approaches available on the market. Participants will gain insight into how geothermal systems are expressed in reservoir models and the key factors that control their behaviour, including connectivity, fluid flow, heat transfer, and the role of faults and fractures.
Watch geothermal systems come alive: Develop a clear mental picture of how geothermal systems behave dynamically. Through visual walkthroughs in Volsung, participants will see what convection-dominated, conduction-dominated, and other play types actually look like in action, building the intuitive understanding of upflow, outflow, recharge, and heat transfer that is difficult to gain from theory alone.
What’s driving the system? Geology: Explore how geological controls shape what you see in the model. As each play type is visualised, participants will learn how heat sources, faults, fractures, permeability architecture, and boundary conditions drive the behavior they're observing, connecting geological concepts directly to the dynamic response on screen.
Take Volsung for a spin: Get a practical first look at how Volsung represents and simulates geothermal systems. Without diving into a step-by-step tutorial, participants will get a hands-on sense of how Volsung builds and runs these models and how the software supports the transition from conceptual understanding to full-system simulation.
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