Geothermal In North America
I also suspect that those estimates will turn out to be hopelessly conservative. Perhaps we need to describe this type of installation as primary geothermal. The second stage geothermal development will focus on accepting a smaller heat gradient in the production fluid and using the Reverse Rankin Cycle to produce power. Fierce geothermal fluid flow and debris exiting from the well precluded Welaco Well Analysis Group (Welaco) from completing temperature/pressure/spinner (TPS) surveys in the open hole.
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