Deliberate well design, continuous innovation, and collaboration with industry partners is paving the way for the largest enhanced geothermal systems project
Beaver County, Utah may, at first glance, seem an unlikely hub for breakthrough technical and commercial innovation in geothermal energy. It lacks visible hot springs or geysers, and its remote location is not obviously conducive to supporting a large-scale logistical operation. However, geothermal startup Fervo Energy sees vast potential to generate commercial-scale geothermal energy in this remote valley nestled between three mountain ranges in southwest Utah.
Fervo’s private Cape Station enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) project sits just a stone’s throw away from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Frontier Observation for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). This proximity provided solid benchmarks that Fervo used to conduct geothermal exploration for a multi-gigawatt geothermal power development. Armed with lessons from their previous commercial demonstration project – Project Red – in Nevada, Fervo set out to break records in Utah with a deliberate scientific and technical approach to well construction, design, and optimization at their first large greenfield development.
It is in this remote valley that Fervo plans to design, construct, and operate the world’s largest enhanced geothermal power facility to demonstrate that geothermal energy is a scalable and cost-effective solution ready for widespread deployment today.
We’re using a scientific approach to optimize well construction. Halliburton’s expertise in the chemistry of cement and drilling fluids and the physics of mechanical liner hangers has been a value additive to Fervo’s goals.
Halliburton’s commitment to service quality is also a great fit for Fervo’s goals.
Expansive portfolio of engineered high-performance water-based fluids and additives that can be customized to meet your specific challenges
ThermaLock™ cement is a non-Portland, low permeability barrier system that is nonreactive with CO₂ and is ideal for ultrahigh-temperature applications.
Halliburton delivers a low cost per megawatt in geothermal well construction by driving efficiencies in asset development, from field exploration through field optimization.
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