Date of Award
12-2025
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