ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,660, issued on March 24, was assigned to Fervo Energy Co. (Houston).
"Enhanced geothermal system" was invented by Jack Norbeck (Golden, Colo.) and Timothy Latimer (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ...