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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Fervo Energy Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jack Norbeck, Golden, CO (US);
Timothy Latimer, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Fervo Energy Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/20 (2018.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/20 (2018.05); E21B 43/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and techniques may be used to operate an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). An example technique may include applying a stimulation treatment including a proppant to generate a distributed network of fractures along wellbores between a horizontal geothermal injection well and a horizontal geothermal production well. The horizontal geothermal injection well and the horizontal geothermal production well may be positioned within a mixed metasedimentary and igneous formation.