Date of Award
December 2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Geological Engineering
First Advisor
Taufique Mahmood
Abstract
This thesis evaluates the geothermal potential of the Red River C interval at the Cedar Creek Anticline and develops a workflow for screening fishbone multilateral designs in a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir. Regional heat-flow and depth maps delineated Cedar Creek as a thermally favorable site and the lower dolomite as the primary reservoir target, supporting construction of a 3D Petrel model that captured the five-member C-interval architecture, petrophysical properties, and temperature field. A multi-stage Particle Swarm Optimization and fast-marching framework used this model to generate and rank fishbone injector–producer configurations, and a line-source approximation combined with a fixed-efficiency Organic Rankine Cycle representation yielded first-order estimates of reservoir heat uptake and annual net electric energy of approximately 100 MWh for the highest-ranked injector–producer pair.
Recommended Citation
Proksch, Candace, "Data-Driven Evalutation And Optimization Of Fishbone Well Configurations For Geothermal Energy Recovery In The Red River Formation, Cedar Creek Anticline" (2025). Theses and Dissertations. 8242.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/8242