Assessing the Feasibility of Geothermal Power Plants in Volcanic Regions

Develop the judgement and the documentation needed to run geothermal plant feasibility properly.

📍 Abu Dhabi🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points

Course Overview

Deferred maintenance and deferred decisions on geothermal plant feasibility both accrue interest. In energy operations the cost of getting the wider energy and hydrocarbon operations agenda wrong is measured in downtime, and sometimes in lives. Buying a tool rarely fixes this part of energy and hydrocarbon operations; the underlying capability has to be built internally first. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in geothermal plant feasibility that were visible long before the incident. It establishes a shared vocabulary for the energy and hydrocarbon operations discipline so that teams can disagree productively about it. They leave able to brief senior management on this strand of energy and hydrocarbon operations in terms that support a decision. The content is relevant to those who own geothermal plant feasibility and to those who are held accountable for its results. Exercises escalate in difficulty, ending with the ambiguous situations that make the energy and hydrocarbon operations capability hard in practice. Work concludes with a self-assessment of the practice within energy and hydrocarbon operations that participants can repeat annually.

Expected Learning Outcomes

01

Establish spare-parts and logistics cover for the critical elements of geothermal plant feasibility.

02

Build a concise operating procedure for geothermal plant feasibility that colleagues can follow without further explanation.

03

Establish escalation routes for geothermal plant feasibility that work outside normal hours.

04

Capture and act on lessons from incidents and near misses involving geothermal plant feasibility.

05

Plan geothermal plant feasibility around shutdown windows rather than against them.

06

Integrate geothermal plant feasibility with the wider process safety management system.

07

Distinguish the parts of geothermal plant feasibility that must be standardised from those that require judgement.

Who Should Attend

01

Shift supervisors and control room leads dealing with geothermal plant feasibility in real time.

02

Commercial and planning analysts modelling geothermal plant feasibility.

03

Team leaders and supervisors who put geothermal plant feasibility into practice day to day.

04

Inspection and integrity engineers assessing geothermal plant feasibility.

05

Project engineers delivering capital work involving geothermal plant feasibility.

06

Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on geothermal plant feasibility.

Course Modules

01

Geothermal plant feasibility: process safety, permits and isolation

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The operating limits on geothermal plant feasibility and what happens beyond them

  • Model the economics of geothermal plant feasibility at low, base and high price cases.
  • Plan the sequence in which improvements to geothermal plant feasibility will be introduced.
  • Identify the failure modes of geothermal plant feasibility with the highest consequence.
  • Estimate the production loss associated with unplanned downtime of geothermal plant feasibility.

Session 2The paperwork for geothermal plant feasibility that is actually needed

  • Verify isolation points for geothermal plant feasibility are proven and documented.
  • Prepare the summary of geothermal plant feasibility that senior management will read.
  • Review incident and near-miss history involving geothermal plant feasibility.
  • Assess the emissions and discharge attributable to geothermal plant feasibility.
02

Geothermal plant feasibility: contracts, contractors and service delivery

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Making geothermal plant feasibility work when resources are constrained

  • Record what was learned when geothermal plant feasibility did not go as planned.
  • Confirm contractor competence records for anyone working on geothermal plant feasibility.
  • Anticipate the objections geothermal plant feasibility will raise and prepare the answers.
  • Identify where judgement in geothermal plant feasibility is legitimate and where it is not.

Session 2The hard cases in geothermal plant feasibility and how to reason about them

  • Test the procedure for geothermal plant feasibility against a realistic scenario.
  • Confirm that lessons from geothermal plant feasibility are shared beyond the team that learned them.
  • Check that the permit regime covering geothermal plant feasibility matches the actual hazard.
  • Confirm handover documentation for geothermal plant feasibility is complete and current.
03

Geothermal plant feasibility: instrumentation, data and condition monitoring

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Spares, logistics and single points of failure in geothermal plant feasibility

  • Name a single owner for each element of geothermal plant feasibility.
  • Identify critical spares for geothermal plant feasibility and confirm lead times.
  • Plan the geothermal plant feasibility scope so it fits the available shutdown window.
  • Rank the weaknesses in geothermal plant feasibility by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.

Session 2Competence and handover on geothermal plant feasibility when experienced staff leave

  • Verify emergency response arrangements cover the scenarios geothermal plant feasibility can create.
  • Check that management of change is applied to every modification of geothermal plant feasibility.
  • Reduce the variation in how geothermal plant feasibility is carried out between teams.
  • Define the safe operating envelope for geothermal plant feasibility and how deviations are detected.
04

Geothermal plant feasibility: economics, price exposure and investment case

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Deciding between life extension and replacement for geothermal plant feasibility

  • Arrange the handover of geothermal plant feasibility so capability survives staff changes.
  • Distinguish symptoms from causes when geothermal plant feasibility underperforms.
  • Confirm the inspection interval for geothermal plant feasibility is based on condition, not habit.
  • Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in geothermal plant feasibility.

Session 2Reading condition data on geothermal plant feasibility before failure, not after

  • Set out how exceptions to geothermal plant feasibility are requested and approved.
  • Verify six months later that changes to geothermal plant feasibility have held.
  • Benchmark the organisation's geothermal plant feasibility against comparable operations.
  • Review whether geothermal plant feasibility is aligned with the objectives of the operating asset.

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  • Closing Ceremony

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  • Airport Transfers
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  • Closing Ceremony

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