Mike Sullivan, Consultant, Mechanicsburg, PA, has conducted extensive field work in the area of geothermal resources, focusing on both shallow hydrothermal systems, and in deep induced fracture systems. His master’s thesis investigated a geothermal system in El Salvador, in which he performed a detailed water balance of an exploited basin and assisted the quantification of reservoir storage via well pressures and historical chemistry of extracted geothermal fluid. He currently is a researcher on integrated geothermal and hydrocarbon operations, and is a project geophysicist for a private consultant group.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsaylvania, USA