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Amongst 68 companies applied for #geothermal development projects on the US #military lands, only 3 companies were selected by the United States Department of Defense and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), and GUESS WHAT! TEVERRA (Formerly Petrolern) is one of them. I am very proud to announce that #Teverra has been selected to develop #geothermalenergy for the Army’s Fort Wainwright installation in #Alaska. The objective of this 3-year multi-million dollar project is to find and produce geothermal power for the installation using Teverra's innovative Integrated Development System in order to provide continuous and #reliable #power for the installation. “This is a first-of-its-kind effort within the #DoD, and we are pleased to support deployment of advanced commercial technologies for installation and community energy #resilience leveraging carbon-free energy sources,” said Michael Callahan, #DIU Senior Energy Advisor and Program Manager. Congratulations to the brilliant Team Teverra for this great achievement! #energy #energyresiliency #army #military #geothermalenergy #cleanenergy #sustainability #oilandgas #spe #eage #aapg ThinkGeoEnergy Susan Nash Taube Ponce Katerina Yared, P.G. PMP (she/her) Geothermal Rising International Geothermal Association Tony Pink

#ThermalThursdays This week we have seen major announcements coming from Fervo and FORGE, showing sustained flowrates from their respective enhanced geothermal wells. CEO of ResFrac, Mark McClure, had a follow up blog post discussing the importance of these results and the validation they bring to multistage, horizontal EGS well development. There’s an important point that flew under the radar that I need to highlight. As Mark suggested, the largest risk now to EGS is thermal degradation of the resource. It’s important to realize how serious this point could be. The heat in place is fundamentally the total heat that can be extracted from any given volume. How that heat comes out is a function of both the well design and what I would argue is more important, the resource and reservoir (i.e., the rock). Looking at the chart above (from Beardsmore and Cull, 2001), thermal conductivity (and other thermal properties) vary by rock type. That’s an obvious statement. Because thermal properties vary by rock type, the ability and rate at which heat will be extracted will vary, and this often then varies by play. This means the results outside Milford, UT, will look different than the results we would expect at Los Alamos and Fenton Hill if we were to restart that EGS with new drilling technology, or at Newberry Volcano, or in any major sedimentary basin. This will impact spacing, number of stages, well choke and/or pump rates – basically, the rock and the resource extraction will dictate reservoir management. These results emphasize ever more the need for high resolution subsurface understanding prior to drilling complete, full cost, production and injection wells. It’s a great time to be a geologist, and to a lesser extent, a reservoir engineer. #geothermal #oilgas #sustainability #energy #geologistjokes

IMAGE 24 is just around the corner. Next Tuesday 8/27, I'll present TEVERRA's "DDG technology - Geomechanics without logs" at the New Technology Showcase. Thanks to Susan Nash for organizing this great platform, helping to connect innovative new products and services to potential new markets and funding sources. Check the full schedule and location: https://lnkd.in/giswx-Zr #Teverra #newtechnology #geomechanics #ML #pitch #venturecapital #NewVentures #startups #innovation #NewTechnologyShowcase #AAPG #IMAGE2024 #SEG

#ThermalThursdays Will you be at #IMAGE2024 next week? Are you still curious about geothermal, but have some questions? Maybe you think it's all hype, but are open to be proven otherwise. Perhaps you've already hopped on the steam engine and are excited to network. If any or all of these sound like you, let's meet up next week. I'll be hosting a live Q&A to get people comfortable before the networking session on Tuesday, and then another session on Thursday wrapping up all the exciting developments and growth potential of the geothermal industry. If you can't make it to those but want to get together, send me a message. I'm happy to talk about geothermal, podcasting, and how TEVERRA can help your projects succeed. #oilgas #geothermal #podcast #geology #energy