Hot Dry Rocks is a full service geothermal energy exploration and development consultancy. Through our in-house expertise, strategic partnerships and university linkages we offer many services including the following:

Exploration

• Geology
  • Assessment of geothermal system components
  • Identification of critical geological risks
  • 3D basin modelling of heat and fluid flow
  • On-ground geological mapping
  • Hydro-chemical analyses of groundwater
• Regional geophysics
  • Review and interpretation of existing data
  • Advice on survey requirements
  • Survey design and coordination
  • Data processing, modelling and interpretation
  • Magnetics, gravity, MT, EM etc.
• Seismic exploration
  • Review and interpretation of existing data
  • Advice on survey requirements
  • Survey design and coordination
  • Data processing, modelling and interpretation
• Heat flow
  • Review and interpretation of existing data
  • Advice on drilling and coring requirements
  • Shallow temperature logging
  • Thermal conductivity measurements
  • Prediction of temperature at depth
• Borehole logging
  • Advice on relevant tools
  • Coordination of logging programs
  • Data processing and interpretation
• Drilling
  • Borehole design and commissioning
  • Drill-site geological services
  • Well completion reporting
• Resource & reserve reporting
  
  • Inferred resource
  • Indicated resource
  • Measured resource
  • Probable reserve
  • Proven reserve

Rock Property Measurements

• Thermal conductivity, diffusivity, specific heat
• Radiogenic heat generation
• Density
• Porosity/permeability
• Magnetic susceptibility
• Rock strength

Project Development

• Advice on resource development
• Economic modelling of resource potential
• Production drilling
• Reservoir stimulation, characterisation and monitoring
• Mitigation of induced seismic risk
• Plant design and commissioning

Portfolio Management

• Assistance with preparing tenement applications
• Assistance with regulatory reporting
• Preparation of text and images for reports, presentations etc