Volsung research publications

Baxter, C., Clearwater, J., Franz, P., O’Brien, J., & Williams, B. (2023) Fast-tracking numerical modelling projects using Volsung and Leapfrog Energy. Proceedings 45th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Bravo, A., Scott, S., Pálsson, H., & Gunnarsson, G. (2025) Top-Down Cooling and Its Role in Sustaining the Laugarnes Geothermal Field, Iceland. Geothermics 131

Clearwater, J., & Franz, P. (2019). Introducing The Volsung Geothermal Simulator: Features and Applications. Proceedings 41st New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Dhakal, S., Spake, D., Lee, L., Feucht, D., Murphy, J., Akerley, J., Johnson, A., Libbey, R., Spielman, P. (2025) Forty Years of Production from the Steamboat Geothermal Field: Numerical Model Update. Proceedings 50th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University.

Duggal, R., Rayudu, R., Hinkley, J., Burnell, J., & Ward, S. (2021) Performance of a Geothermal System in Petroleum Fields of the Taranaki Region, New Zealand. Proceedings 43rd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Franz, P., Clearwater, J., & Burnell, J. (2019). Introducing The Volsung Geothermal Simulator: Benchmarking and Performance. Proceedings 41st New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Franz, P., & Clearwater, J. (2021) Volsung: A Comprehensive Software Package for Geothermal Reservoir Simulations. Proceedings World Geothermal Congress

Franz, P., & Clearwater, J. (2021). Volsung: Inverse Modelling And Uncertainty Analysis Using PEST. Proceedings 43rd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Franz, P., Clearwater, J., Mitchell, T., & Chabora, E. (2025) Tracer Return Analysis in Volsung using Particle Tracking. Proceedings 50th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University.

Gold, A., Davalos-Elizondo, E., & Kutun, K. (2024) Evolution of a Geological Model for Co-Producing Electricity at the Blackburn Oil Field, Nevada. Proceedings 50th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University.

Kutun, K., Gold, A., & Beckers, K. (2024) Geothermal Reservoir Simulation Analysis in Support of Electricity Co-Production Feasibility Study at the Blackburn Oil Field, Nevada. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP- 5700- 90827. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/90827.pdf.

McLean, K., Franz, P., & Clearwater, J. (2020) Swanhild: Numerical Pressure Transient Analysis Using the Volsung Geothermal Reservoir Simulation Package. Proceedings 42nd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop

Murphy, J., Berger, E., Berger, M., Fiterman, A., & Webbison, S. (2025) Quantifying the Benefit of NCG Reinjection on Geothermal Production Performance. Proceedings 50th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University.

Ragnarsson, D. (2023) Numerical simulations of excess enthalpy geothermal wells. Master’s Thesis, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Quinao, J., Franz, P. & Clearwater, J. (2020) Well Performance Diagnostics and Forecasting Using The Gudrun Wellbore Simulator – Case Studies From Kawerau, New Zealand. Proceedings 42nd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop