NZ Geothermal Week Official Opening and Public Seminar

This is the official opening of NZ Geothermal Week.  The seminar will explore the past, present and future of the geothermal industry in the Taupo region.  Join us to hear speakers from Contact, GNS and MB Century:

Dr. Katie McLean

Reservoir Engineer, Contact Energy, Vice President NZGA

Katie is currently a reservoir engineer working for Contact Energy at Wairakei, New Zealand’s oldest geothermal power station. She is an engineer and a geologist by training, with an interest in renewable energy, and so naturally made the move to New Zealand to work in the geothermal industry. Katie has a PhD in geothermal well testing from the University of Auckland. She has published papers on a range of reservoir engineering topics, and more recently on the subject of carbon emissions from geothermal. She has co-authored a textbook on geothermal well testing with Dr Sadiq Zarrouk, of the Geothermal Institute at the University…