Fervo Uses Oil Drilling Technology to Dig Deep for Clean Geothermal Energy

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News Summary

  • The U
  • S
  • oil and gas industry sparked an energy revolution a few decades ago by thinking in a different direction
  • Fervo Energy is aiming for a similar revolution in geothermal energy by borrowing a page from the oil industry's playbook
  • The company uses horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to harvest naturally occurring heat
The U.S. oil and gas industry sparked an energy revolution a few decades ago by thinking in a different directionliterally. Horizontal drilling, combined with hydraulic fracturing, unlocked new petr [+6127 chars]

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