The image was taken in mid-2018, in the southern part of the Brazilian Amazon, during monitoring of the Aquifer Parecis (which supplies the entire agricultural sector in the region). The climate is typically hot and humid (for much of the year, but it is very dry for 4 months, even though it is part of the Amazon). Agribusiness is using the aquifer increasingly unrestrainedly and monitoring by the Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB) helps us understand whether this use is exceeding the limit. I am the hydrogeologist responsible for monitoring this aquifer and this is SGB’s mission, to generate and disseminate quality geoscientific data to improve sustainable development.

This photo was taken mid-January 2024 in Montreal, Canada. As a member of the geothermal research chair on the integration of standing column wells, we were assigned to supervise the exploratory drilling of a geothermal well near Polytechnique Montreal. It was midday during a drilling day, and the weather was typically snowy and cold. I like this photo as it reminds me of my unique experience supervising the deepest geothermal well in the Mont-Royal mountain. It also shows our valuable effort and dedication to deliver clean energy for heating by using groundwater and geothermal energy, to achieve a carbon-neutral future.

Loupe TDEM in progress for seepage/groundwater investigation on a residue disposal area in Western Australia

This image was taken during my field visit in Northern Karnataka. I was studying the base line Uranium concentration in groundwater in this area. This is one of my favourite images as it depicts my endurance and sheer commitment despite the scorching summer and my inquisitiveness is studying the source of Uranium in water in that area.

The image is the inaugural well discharge of MW-18A at the Menengai Geothermal Project, Kenya, taken in January 2017. Menengai is a two-phase supercritical geothermal / hydrothermal caldera under development for 105 MW of geothermal electricity over three development phases of 35 MW each. This well took circa 3 months to complete. The technology used at this geothermal site is flash power plants, meaning high flow rates of fluid are required. As the system is a two-phase system and high volumes of steam can be encountered overlying the target fluid, initial steam discharges of varying time frames specific to each individual well is needed. This well is located close to peripheral eastern caldera rim, where a lot of steam occurs. On this occasion, steam venting took around 24 hours before the fluid (this image) could discharge.  This well now maintains a generating power capacity of 8– 9 MW and forms part of phase one electricity generation.

The image was taken in Mid Febuary 2024 in Chamwino town, Dodoma city, Tanzania country Eastern Africa. We faced a lot of challenges in this water project and spent nearly 60 days just to drill and complete a three (03) boreholes. The good thing is that we could have quit and left due to huge loss as the project long duration caused high increment in Expenses, but we decided to continue amid water shortages to the villagers. At last we were successfull. This is my favourite photo as it reminds me to NEVER GIVE UP.