The Superhot Blueprint
After millimeter wave drilling gets us to superhot rock, we need to make sure our work is permanent. Enter the world of superhot completions: building wells that endure against decades of relentless heat to deliver power without compromise.
And they require no leaps into the unknown, just incremental innovations, leveraging everyday wisdom of mastering high heat and pressure.
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After millimeter wave drilling gets us to superhot rock, we need to make sure our work is permanent. Enter the world of superhot completions: building wells that endure against decades of relentless heat to deliver power without compromise.
And they require no leaps into the unknown, just incremental innovations, leveraging everyday wisdom of mastering high heat and pressure.
Billions of internal combustion engines and thousands of power plants around the world already thrive in realms hotter and harsher than superhot geothermal. In Russia and Germany, superdeep boreholes even surprised scientists, proving that basement rock remains open and stable by its very nature.
Superhot completions require zero quantum leaps.And to complete these wells, we’re integrating proven techniques to ensure long-term durability, such as:
High-temperature cements to endure strong thermal loads.
Non-elastomeric zonal isolation solutions to reliably compartmentalize the thermal reservoir.
Circulation cooling to temper heat during the most critical phases of well construstion.
We have closed all gaps for our Tier I sites. As we advance into Tier II and Tier III sites, the Earth offers new possibilities: greater fluid density contrasts and stronger basement rock become foundations for transformative innovation.
Each well we complete clears the way for the next stage of unmatched power performance.