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Closed loop well designs and control for extraction of subsurface geothermal power
Background Dr. Eric van Oort and his team have developed a deep, closed-loop geothermal well design to improve upon traditional enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Dr. van Oort is the Joe J. King Chair of Engineering No. 2 and B. J. Lancaster Professorship in Petroleum Engineering and a professor at UT Austin, with primary interests in drilling/completion...
Published: 1/13/2026   |   Inventor(s): Eric van Oort, Pradeepkumar Ashok, Dongmei Chen
Keywords(s): Drilling, Geothermal, Oil & gas upstream, Renewable
Category(s): Physical sciences, Physical sciences > Energy > Renewable, green, or transitional energy