geothermal energy

The US Department of the Interior has launched emergency permitting rules to accelerate geothermal energy development, citing national security and energy dominance goals. Ormat Technologies' three Nevada projects will be the first to benefit from the streamlined process, with environmental reviews cut from years to weeks.

Using emergency procedures, the permitting timeline is expected to be significantly reduced, from years to weeks in some cases.

This paper outlines a technique to evaluate formation temperature shifts when closely spaced wells are produced concurrently and applies the technique to validate the design basis for new development.

This paper evaluates the effect of rapid cooling on the rock-cutting process and incorporates this effect as a component of drilling-performance optimization.

This paper presents a comprehensive model of geothermal exploitation for depleted deep heavy oil reservoirs through supercritical CO₂ injection.

This study highlights how the recovery and reuse of existing hydrocarbon infrastructure can contribute to the diffusion of district-heating projects that implement the principles of the circular economy.

The companies have announced they will work together to integrate geothermal well engineering and project delivery globally.

Closed-loop geothermal systems have entered the new-energy arena to generate electricity using the underground as a heat exchanger.

The companies said they plan to work together on developing geopressured geothermal systems for low-carbon energy storage and geothermal power generation.

The agreement aims to accelerate new commercial technologies that address challenges with geothermal development.