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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
Energy in 3: What is Geothermal Energy?
Trends in Well Construction Automation: More to Come?
Connecting Geothermal, Oil and Gas Communities
Latest Geothermal News: Journal of Petroleum Technology
Alliance Aims To Improve Testing for Geothermal Industry
18 May 2023
Premier Corex and Teverra will be combining their efforts to aggregate data for companies involved in large-scale geothermal projects.
DOE Awards SPE and Consortium Partners $165 Million Grant To Advance Geothermal
09 May 2023
The consortium will leverage the oil and gas industry's 100+ years of experience and technological developments in drilling and subsurface engineering to advance geothermal.
Devon Energy Injects $10 Million Into Geothermal Startup Fervo
18 April 2023
The large US shale producer has officially entered into the renewable energy sector with its largest venture investment yet.
Time To See if Fracturing for Steam Pays Off
01 April 2023
Two US test sites have fractured hot, dry rock with plans to create a network of fractures for water heating. They will soon find out if the fractures worked as expected.
When Fracturing for Geothermal, Is Proppant Really Necessary?
16 March 2023
Fracturing hot rock to create a geological water-heating system is like fracturing an oil well, but for a different purpose, so is proppant really necessary?
Geothermal Demands Extreme Tools, but Which Will Really Be Required?
14 March 2023
When confronted by extremely hot wells drilled into hard rock, engineers start looking for new tools and then ask, is there a cheaper option?
The Fundamentals:
Learn or Expand Your Geothermal Knowledge
Webinars
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 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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