Racine Basant
Junior Research Fellow
Qualifications
B. Sc. Physics (Major) & Medical Physics and Bioengineering and Environmental Physics (Minors)
M.Sc Petroleum Engineering
Ph.D (Volcanology) –Ongoing
Research Project
Expertise
Geothermal energy, Geophysics, Machine learning applications, Geomechanics
Bio
Racine is avid about contributing to developing geothermal energy with the Caribbean. Her research is focused on modelling the Montserrat geothermal system and is structured into two main parts. The first involves utilizing three dimensional geophysical datasets to characterize the structural features of the geothermal system. The second involves completing core testing on cores obtained from the deepest geothermal well drilled in the Caribbean at the U.W.I Geomechanics laboratory. Ultimately, the main aim of her studies is to better constrain the Montserrat Geothermal system which will help reduce the risks that are associated with drilling geothermal wells. Racine is also a member of the Geothermal Resources Council (GRC).
Major Publications
Journal Publications
- Basant, Racine, Lynne, Bridget Y., Ramsook, Ryan., Ryan, Graham A., Blake, Oshaine O., Utley, James E.P. (March 2022) Utilizing cores for characterising the temperature and permeability regimes in a litho-stratigraphic model of the Montserrat geothermal system, Montserrat (Lesser Antilles arc, West Indies). Geothermics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102341
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Racine A. Basssant, Graham A. Ryan, Jared R. Peacock, Antonio G. Camacho, Oshaine O. Blake, Stefanie Hautmann and Bridget Y. Lynne. (2021) Multi-geophysical parameter classification of the Montserrat geothermal system. Geothermics. February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.102006
- GRC article for the Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin: Basant, R. A. (2018), Uncovering the Caribbean Treasure- Geothermal Energy: Highlighting geothermal developments in the Caribbean. Geothermal Resources Council Bulletin 47(1): 46-49.
Conference/Workshop Proceedings
- FST Week 2019: poster entitled: Interpreting the Structural features of the Montserrat Geothermal system with the Fuzzy c-means technique
CONFERENCE POSTERS - UWI Research Symposium 2018: Poster entitled: Application of the Fuzzy c means technique to modelling the Montserrat geothermal system
- VoiLA Workshop 2019: Understanding the petrophysical properties of the Montserrat geothermal system
