Geothermal energy
After years of market shocks, technological breakthroughs, and rising uncertainty, ATCE 2026 will provide new insights on how industry leaders and technical experts are preparing for the next era of the upstream business.
This guest editorial examines why geothermal projects require a different planning, financing, and development approach than traditional oil and gas projects.
The Houston-based energy company's first generating unit has begun producing electricity as it works toward a buildout that could eventually power nearly 1 million US homes.
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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. -
The large US shale producer has officially entered into the renewable energy sector with its largest venture investment yet.
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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.
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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?
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When confronted by extremely hot wells drilled into hard rock, engineers start looking for new tools and then ask, is there a cheaper option?
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Geothermal energy is bidding to emerge from its dark horse status in Texas and become a possible solution of choice for some renewable applications.
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New funding aims to launch up to seven pilots to help expand the deployment of enhanced geothermal systems.
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One of the problems with geothermal is that the rock that is hot enough to create the steam needed to run a power plant is also capable of destroying drilling hardware.
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The two companies said they will work together to try to find the best places to develop geothermal energy and advance the necessary technologies to commercial scale.
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Chevron and Occidental plan to launch separate projects to help secure the commercial future of geothermal development in the US.
