Energy transition
The company’s millimeter wave drilling system is approaching a depth of 1 km at its Central Texas site. The recent funding is earmarked for Project Obsidian in Central Oregon, which Quaise calls the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant.
The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly.
This guest editorial addresses the need for high-temperature directional drilling technologies as the number of rigs used to develop next-generation geothermal wells is set to rise in the coming years.
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Fervo Energy’s bet that fracturing methods can be used for geothermal power is looking like a winner. -
The authors’ work states that the qualification approach for offshore hydrogen pipeline systems should include material properties testing under various conditions.
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This paper is a summary of a study that covers through-life economics for producing green hydrogen from offshore fixed wind turbines.
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National oil companies and traditional upstream players are progressively focusing on cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy initiatives.
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Registration is open for the SPE Europe Energy GeoHackathon, which will be held in October and November. It will be preceded by 4-week online bootcamp sessions on data science and geothermal energy, which will begin on 2 October.
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Occidental has been an investor in the Canadian climate solution firm since 2019.
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The US Department of Energy is planning the country’s largest solar power initiative, while hydrogen and carbon dioxide pipelines spread around the world and ADNOC bets on hydrogen.
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The UAE's biggest oil company said it has successfully delivered a pair of geothermal wells to help power cooling systems in Abu Dhabi.
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The conference represents a new direction for SPE’s EuropEC as it adapts to the energy transition. The call for papers is open.
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The two oil producers said they may invest in industrial-scale direct air capture and other decarbonization projects in both the UAE and US.
