Project InnerSpace (InnerSpace) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to institutionalize geothermal as a technical focus area across SPE’s core technical disciplines. Moreover, InnerSpace is providing a USD 100,000 grant as seed funding for SPE initiatives that aim to engage the oil and gas industry in the future of geothermal.
“The oil and gas industry, with its highly skilled workforce and technological advancements that rival those in space exploration, is poised to lead the way in developing this abundant and undervalued resource beneath us,” said Jamie Beard, founder and executive director of Project InnerSpace. “We are proud to partner with SPE to tackle remaining challenges to industrywide engagement.”
The initiative is structured around two coordinated workstreams. The first is a Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT) geothermal technical supplement, a print publication featuring SPE articles on the technical and operational synergies between oil and gas expertise and geothermal, anchored in real field applications that show know-how already transferring between the two industries.
The second workstream funds geothermal-focused technical activities led by SPE technical directors across six core disciplines—drilling, completions, data science, health, safety, environment and sustainability (HSES), production and facilities, and reservoir engineering. Each technical director will receive funding to design discipline-specific geothermal initiatives that engage professionals and student members in their disciplines and build durable, cross-disciplinary ownership of geothermal inside SPE.
“SPE’s mission is to connect technical professionals to advance the safe, responsible, and sustainable development of oil and gas and related energy resources. We are grateful for Project InnerSpace’s support and partnership in helping create new opportunities for our members to apply their expertise, collaborate across disciplines, and accelerate the growth of geothermal,” added Simon Seaton, chief executive officer of SPE.
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Source: Project InnerSpace and SPE
