Abstract: Systems and techniques may be used for incorporating direct air carbon dioxide capture capabilities into a working fluid condensing process of a geothermal power plant. An example technique may include causing, using fans, air to flow across condenser coils of a condensing unit, through which power cycle working fluid is circulated, and through a direct air capture (DAC) filtration component, which separates carbon from the air, capturing heat from a geothermal working fluid, and using the heat as thermal energy input to the DAC filtration component or using electrical energy generated from the geothermal power plant as electrical energy input to power the condensing unit and the DAC filtration component. The example technique may include gathering the carbon separated from the air to be injected into a geothermal reservoir or repurposed for another industrial process.

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.

Abstract: A controlled rate of propagation of the fluid saturation front or thermal front is desired in may oil and gas and geothermal operations. Natural fractures and fractures created during hydraulic stimulation may have heterogeneous hydraulic properties resulting in uneven flow distributions, therefore leading to short-circuiting and breakthrough issues. The present invention relates to wellbores connected hydraulically by multiple fracture zones; methods are directed to control for even flow distribution among fractures, regardless of heterogeneities in fracture hydraulic properties, and to control propagation of saturation fronts and thermal fronts in subsurface reservoirs.

Abstract: A method and system may be used for storing energy in a geothermal system and recovering both the stored energy as well as thermal energy on demand. The geothermal system may include injection and production wells that are hydraulically coupled in a geothermal energy reservoir that behaves as a confined reservoir system with thermal energy transferring to fluid injected into the injection well and removed via the production well. Injection flow rate, injection pressure, production flow rate, production backpressure, or fluid residence time may be managed to control energy consumption or energy generation profiles of the geothermal system. During an energy storage mode, the injection flow rate exceeds the production flow rate thereby storing energy in the geothermal reservoir. During an energy recovery mode, production backpressure is reduced thereby releasing the stored energy and electricity is generated by removing the thermal energy from the fluid in a heat engine.

Abstract: Systems and techniques may be used to increase recovery of a geothermal energy resource. An example technique includes selecting a first borehole that extends from a surface of the earth into a first location in a geothermal reservoir, conditioning the first borehole by pumping a fluid into or out of the first borehole at a predetermined operating condition to change a property of the geothermal reservoir, and selecting a second borehole that extends from the surface of the earth into a second location in the geothermal reservoir. The example technique may include enhancing permeability of the geothermal reservoir by using a reservoir stimulation technique on the second borehole, wherein a property of a stimulated reservoir volume is controlled by the property of the geothermal reservoir that was changed by conditioning the first borehole.

Abstract: Systems and techniques may include enhancing production of a natural resource from a reservoir in the earth. A technique may include, in a reservoir comprising a first and a second well, pumping a first material down the first well into the reservoir, and circulating the first material through the reservoir at a first flow rate and up the second well for a period of time, the first material interacting with a proppant in a fracture zone in the reservoir or reacting with a formation in the fracture zone, or reacting with both. A first permeability of the fracture zone in the reservoir may be reduced to define a reduced permeability. The reduced permeability in first fracture zone may direct the flow of the material to a second fracture zone, increasing the flow of material in a second fraction zone, and the permeability of the second fraction zone may be reduced.

Abstract: Systems and techniques may be used to increase recovery of a geothermal energy resource. An example technique includes selecting a first borehole that extends from a surface of the earth into a first location in a geothermal reservoir, conditioning the first borehole by pumping a fluid into or out of the first borehole at a predetermined operating condition to change a property of the geothermal reservoir, and selecting a second borehole that extends from the surface of the earth into a second location in the geothermal reservoir. The example technique may include enhancing permeability of the geothermal reservoir by using a reservoir stimulation technique on the second borehole, wherein a property of a stimulated reservoir volume is controlled by the property of the geothermal reservoir that was changed by conditioning the first borehole.

Abstract: Systems and techniques may include enhancing production of a natural resource from a reservoir in the earth. By pumping and circulating a material through a reservoir, where the material interacts with proppant or formation material in fracture zones, the interaction reduces permeability in an overproductive fracture zone and redirects flow to an underproductive fracture zone. Through this self-correcting feedback mechanism, flow redistributes more uniformly across multiple fracture zones over time, resulting in more even permeability distribution and improved reservoir performance. The systems and techniques enable passive treatment using chemical solutions that create self-correcting permeability changes, leading to more controlled and efficient resource recovery from subsurface reservoirs.

Abstract: A controlled rate of propagation of the fluid saturation front or thermal front is desired in may oil and gas and geothermal operations. Natural fractures and fractures created during hydraulic stimulation may have heterogeneous hydraulic properties resulting in uneven flow distributions, therefore leading to short-circuiting and breakthrough issues. The present invention relates to wellbores connected hydraulically by multiple fracture zones; methods are directed to control for even flow distribution among fractures, regardless of heterogeneities in fracture hydraulic properties, and to control propagation of saturation fronts and thermal fronts in subsurface reservoirs.

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.

Abstract: A method and system may be used for storing energy in a geothermal system and recovering both the stored energy as CD well as thermal energy on demand. The geothermal system may include injection and production wells that are hydraulically coupled in a geothermal energy reservoir that behaves as a confined reservoir system with thermal energy transferring to fluid injected into the injection well and removed via the production well. Injection flow rate, injection pressure, production flow rate, production backpressure, or fluid residence time may be managed to control energy consumption or energy generation profiles of the geothermal system. During an energy storage mode, the injection flow rate exceeds the production flow rate thereby storing energy in the geothermal reservoir. During an energy recovery mode, production backpressure is reduced thereby releasing the stored energy and electricity is generated by removing the thermal energy from the fluid in a heat engine.

Abstract: A controlled rate of propagation of the fluid saturation front or thermal front is desired in may oil and gas and geothermal operations. Natural fractures and fractures created during hydraulic stimulation may have heterogeneous hydraulic properties resulting in uneven flow distributions, therefore leading to short-circuiting and breakthrough issues. The present invention relates to wellbores connected hydraulically by multiple fracture zones; methods are directed to control for even flow distribution among fractures, regardless of heterogeneities in fracture hydraulic properties, and to control propagation of saturation fronts and thermal fronts in subsurface reservoirs.

Abstract: A method and system may be used for storing energy in a geothermal system and recovering both the stored energy as well as thermal energy on demand. The geothermal system may include injection and production wells that are hydraulically coupled in a geothermal energy reservoir that behaves as a confined reservoir system with thermal energy transferring to fluid injected into the injection well and removed via the production well. Injection flow rate, injection pressure, production flow rate, production backpressure, or fluid residence time may be managed to control energy consumption or energy generation profiles of the geothermal system. During an energy storage mode, the injection flow rate exceeds the production flow rate thereby storing energy in the geothermal reservoir. During an energy recovery mode, production backpressure is reduced thereby releasing the stored energy and electricity is generated by removing the thermal energy from the fluid in a heat engine.

Abstract: A method and system may be used for storing energy in a geothermal system and recovering both the stored energy as well as thermal energy on demand. The geothermal system may include injection and production wells that are hydraulically coupled in a geothermal energy reservoir that behaves as a confined reservoir system with thermal energy transferring to fluid injected into the injection well and removed via the production well. Injection flow rate, injection pressure, production flow rate, production backpressure, or fluid residence time may be managed to control energy consumption or energy generation profiles of the geothermal system. During an energy storage mode, the injection flow rate exceeds the production flow rate thereby storing energy in the geothermal reservoir. During an energy recovery mode, production backpressure is reduced thereby releasing the stored energy and electricity is generated by removing the thermal energy from the fluid in a heat engine.

Abstract: A controlled rate of propagation of the fluid saturation front or thermal front is desired in may oil and gas and geothermal operations. Natural fractures and fractures created during hydraulic stimulation may have heterogeneous hydraulic properties resulting in uneven flow distributions, therefore leading to short-circuiting and breakthrough issues. The present invention relates to wellbores connected hydraulically by multiple fracture zones; methods are directed to control for even flow distribution among fractures, regardless of heterogeneities in fracture hydraulic properties, and to control propagation of saturation fronts and thermal fronts in subsurface reservoirs.

Abstract: Systems and techniques may be used for incorporating direct air carbon dioxide capture capabilities into a working fluid condensing process of a geothermal power plant. An example technique may include causing, using fans, air to flow across condenser coils of a condensing unit, through which power cycle working fluid is circulated, and through a direct air capture (DAC) filtration component, which separates carbon from the air, capturing heat from a geothermal working fluid, and using the heat as thermal energy input to the DAC filtration component or using electrical energy generated from the geothermal power plant as electrical energy input to power the condensing unit and the DAC filtration component. The example technique may include gathering the carbon separated from the air to be injected into a geothermal reservoir or repurposed for another industrial process.

Abstract: A controlled rate of propagation of the fluid saturation front or thermal front is desired in may oil and gas and geothermal operations. Natural fractures and fractures created during hydraulic stimulation may have heterogeneous hydraulic properties resulting in uneven flow distributions, therefore leading to short-circuiting and breakthrough issues. The present invention relates to wellbores connected hydraulically by multiple fracture zones; methods are directed to control for even flow distribution among fractures, regardless of heterogeneities in fracture hydraulic properties, and to control propagation of saturation fronts and thermal fronts in subsurface reservoirs.