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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2023
Ncs Multistage, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Jesse Parker Powell, Houston, TX (US);
James Gambrell King, Houston, TX (US);
NCS Multistage, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for forming pathways of increased thermal conductivity in a geothermal well are disclosed. The pathways increase heat transfer efficiency in a closed loop geothermal operation. The methods comprise injecting a thermally conductive material into the annular space between a conduit in the wellbore and the formation; forming a fracture in the formation and filling it with the thermally conductive material; and putting the well in an underbalanced state and drawing the thermally conductive material back towards a port in the conduit that is in an excluded configuration to create a pathway of increased thermal conductivity. The thermally conductive material may comprise a fluid carrier and solid particles having a high thermal conductivity.