Feasibility Report of a Deep Geothermal Single Well, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Report of study which examined the technical, logistical, contractual and economic feasibility of installing a deep geothermal single well system at the new site of the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.


Project Costs

From experience of previous projects, we have developed good estimates of the costs required for each of the stages listed above.

These are summarised below and listed in detail against the proposed programme in the following sections.

Table 9: Summary of milestones and associated costs for the project

  Date Costs
Work Package 1 Agreements, Contracts and Permitting Month 7 £147,440
Work Package 2 Completion of well/ System Month 14 £1,713,150
Work Package 3 System testing Month 21 £153,050
Work Package 4 Integration Month 27 £279,000
Work Package 5 System operation report   Costs met internally
Total cost of project   £2,292,640

Operational Costs - Staffing

Operational costs – staffing table 1

TOTAL
Engineer £4,480 £4,480 £5,040 £5,040 £5,040 £4,480 £4,480 £33,040
Senior Engineer   £6,000 £6,000 £6,000 £3,000 £1,000   £22,000
Director £4,500 £4,500 £6,750 £9,000 £4,500 £4,500 £4,500 £38,250
Sub Consultants   £6,650 £13,300 £14,250 £11,400 £8,550   £54,150
Total £8,980 £21,630 £31,090 £34,290 £23,940 £18,530 £8,980 £147,440

Operational costs – staffing table 2

TOTAL
Engineer £4,480 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £2,240 £2,240 £2,240 £28,000
Senior Engineer   £6,000 £8,000 £10,000 £10,000 £10,000 £10,000 £54,000
Director £4,500 £4,500 £6,750 £9,000 £9,000 £9,000 £4,500 £47,250
Sub Consultants £5,700 £3,800   £28,500 £28,500 £28,500 £28,500 £123,500
Total £8,980 £21,630 £28,280 £29,230 £23,380 £18,530 £8,980 £252,750

Operational costs – staffing table 3

TOTAL
Engineer £5,040 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £3,360 £36,400
Senior Engineer £7,000 £6,000 £8,000 £10,000 £10,000 £10,000 £2,000 £53,000
Director £2,250 £2,250 £6,750 £9,000 £9,000 £9,000 £4,500 £42,750
Sub Consultants £1,900 £1,900 £2,850 £2,850 £3,800 £3,800 £3,800 £20,900
Total £8,980 £21,630 £28,280 £29,230 £23,380 £18,530 £8,980 £153,050

Operational costs – staffing table 3

TOTAL
Engineer £5,040 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £5,600 £3,360 £30,800
Senior Engineer £5,000 £6,000 £8,000 £10,000 £10,000 £4,000 £43,000
Director £2,250 £2,250 £2,250 £4,500 £4,500 £3,000 £18,750
Sub Consultants £3,800 £1,900 £2,850 £3,800 £3,800 £1,900 £18,050
Total £8,980 £21,630 £28,280 £29,230 £23,380 £18,530 £110,600

Capital Equipment and Travel

Equipment
Item No.of items Price per item (ex VAT) Total
Polypropylene Pipe 1950 £30 £58,500
Pump 1 £10,000 £10,000
Riser 300 £20 £6,000
Thermistor string 1950 £4 £7,800
Surface pipework Numerous £1,000 £1,000
Steel weights Numerous £1,800 £1,800
Cable ties and sundries Numerous £4,500 £4,500
Connection pipework Numerous £800 £800
Bleed valve and isolation valves 4 £450 £1,800
Temp and flow sensors/ meters Numerous £2,200 £2,200
Pump control system 1 £3,800 £3,800
Bleed valve control system 1 £2,400 £2,400
Insulation Numerous £400 £400
Fittings Numerous £900 £900
Heat exchanger 1 £6,000 £6,000
Filtration unit 1 £2,500 £2,500
Equipment total   £110,400
Drilling
Detail No. Cost per item Total
Drilling and completion of well* 1 £1,350,000 £1,350,000
Other total     £1,350,000
Integration
Detail No. Cost per item Total
Equipment 1 £155,000 £155,000
Other total   £155,000
Total Capex £1,615,400
* See detailed cost breakdown
Travel
Journey required and reason No. of Journeys Cost per Journey Total
Site visits for negotiation 4 £200 £800
Site visits for M&E analysis 4 £200 £800
Site supervision during installation* 3 £3,000 £9,000
Site visits during testing* 2 £1,400 £2,800
Equipment total   £13,400
*Multiple nights at location @ £100 per night

Detailed Drilling Costs

The total cost of drilling and casing the well at the AECC site is shown in Table 10. The costs for the drilling are based on a recent tender process for a similar project in England.

Table 10: Detailed expected drilling costs

Table 10 Detailed expected drilling costs

Resource Management

Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) will be responsible for running and managing the project but will work closely with Arup and the University of St. Andrews on project delivery. The company has extensive experience of geothermal projects (heat and power) in the UK and abroad. The company has recently installed and tested the DGSW technology in an existing deep well as part of the DECC funded Energy Entrepreneurs Fund and delivered the project on time and on budget. The team for this project will consist of the following staff members:

Entity Name Role
GEL Ryan Law Chief geologist and project director
David Bridgland Chief engineer and financial controller
Peter Ledingham On site operations and Health and Safety
Adrian Jackson On site management and installation of equipment
Arup Mike Collins Well design, project management and client liaison
David Brown Planning and permitting
Barry Austin M&E building integration
Stephen Cook Heat network contracts
Eversheds LLP Stephen Hill Legal

GEL has worked with all of these parties on a number of previous parties and already has a strong working relationship in place.

Contact

Email: Johann MacDougall

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