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SPE is firmly focused on the future of our industry. Here, our member experts focus on geothermal connections and opportunities in the industry. Join in the discussion of new technologies, challenges and opportunities, the latest news and developments, and resources to grow your knowledge.
Discussing New Technologies and Opportunities
Latest Geothermal News: Journal of Petroleum Technology
Hot Prospects: Good News Keeps Flowing for These Four Geothermal Firms
18 April 2024
The latest signs that momentum is building in the geothermal space include military bases.
In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants
09 April 2024
Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
An SPE Grand Challenge Update on Geothermal Energy
01 April 2024
The challenges that geothermal energy faces to become a leading player in the net-zero world are well within the areas of expertise of the SPE community, ranging from rapid technology implementation and learning-by-doing to assure competitiveness to establishing suitable funding mechanisms to secure access to capital.
As Commercial Launch Looms, CEO Highlights "Huge Step Change" in Geothermal Interest
25 March 2024
The developer of the recently emerged anchorbit technology is preparing to drill its first geothermal well next year in Germany.
Companies Team Up To Boost Geothermal Opportunities in Indonesia
15 March 2024
Ignis H2 Energy and Imeco Inter Sarana announced a strategic partnership to expedite geothermal development in Indonesia.
Geothermal Energy-2024
01 March 2024
One area where the untapped potential of geothermal energy has been realized is in harnessing thermal energy from abandoned or inactive oil and gas wells. Such wells could be exploited for electricity generation or direct use through well repurposing.
The Fundamentals:
Learn or Expand Your Geothermal Knowledge
Webinars
Repurposing Oil and Gas Wells for Geothermal - The Well Integrity Perspective: The feasibility and process of repurposing O&G wells for geothermal energy.
Upcoming Produced Water Treatment Challenges Related to Carbon Capture & Storage and Geothermal: Discusses existing produced water treatment technologies and their suitability for CCS and geothermal projects.
Collapse Challenges in High-Temperature Geothermal Wells: A topical discussion surrounding geothermal well failures and the challenges associated with collapse loads.
Geomechanics for Geothermal Energy Development: Highlights the difference between hydro-thermal and petrothermal systems - characteristics, required technologies, risks and costs.
Geomechanics for the Energy Transition: The role that geomechanics can play in energy transition with special attention to geothermal, CCS and subsurface energy storage.
Training Courses
Geothermal Energy – From Potential to Implementation: Reviews the principles and uses of geothermal energy in today's energy mix, focusing on the progression from preliminary resource assessment to project implementation.
Completion and Reservoir Engineering in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Covers key concepts related to hydraulic fracturing and reservoir engineering in EGS.
Geothermal Reservoir and Hydraulics Design: an introduction to analysis and design of the geothermal reservoir and wellbores.
Deeper Dive: Trending Papers and Proceedings from OnePetro
- Advancing Geothermal Energy Exploration
- Offshore Co-Produced Critical Minerals and Geothermal Energy Generation
- Geothermal Production from Existing Oil and Gas Wells: A Sustainable Repurposing Model
- Geothermal Energy Basics / Education for a Sustainable Future
- Repurposing Oil & Gas Wells and Drilling Operations for Geothermal Energy Production
- Key Complex Process Couplings and Challenges in the Effective Recovery of Deep Geothermal Energy
- DEEP Geothermal Energy: A Geomechanical View
- Repurposing End-of-Life Wells for Geothermal Energy Production: An Evaluation of Mississippi Wells
- Harvesting Geothermal Energy from Produced Reservoir Fluids Eliminates CO2 Emission from Production Facility Operations
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