Tim Lines

Tim Lines, consultant, Project InnerSpace, and CEO of Texas developer Geothermal Wells LLC. He has 40 years’ experience in upstream oil and gas, geothermal energy, power generation, and district heating. He co-founded Oilfield International, an energy consultancy; served on the boards of UK, Thailand, and Cyprus energy companies, controlling 1.2 billion bbl of oil reserves; and led a legislative team drafting regulatory and tariff frameworks for district heating and central heating plants for central and eastern Europe countries. Lines authored Chapter 7 of “The Future of Geothermal in Texas,” The University of Texas at Austin, January 2023, and on behalf of SPE collaborated on the winning Project InnerSpace/SPE/Geothermal Rising tender submission for the $165 million US Department of Energy GEODE grant, “Geothermal Energy from Oil and Gas Demonstrated Engineering.”