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SMU Researcher Touts Geothermal Energy Potential of Eagle Ford Wells (San Antonio Business Journal)

Maria Richards, a researcher at SMU, says
geothermal is an untapped resource in Texas.
(Courtesy SMU)

The myriad oil and gas wells perforating the Eagle Ford Shale and other Texas shale plays could be a source of hot water used to generate clean electricity, a Southern Methodist University (SMU) scientist says.

New steam-engines allow water from deep within well sites — often above the boiling point — to produce both power for utility companies and revenue for well operators, says Maria Richards, a researcher at Southern Methodist University’s Geothermal Laboratory and GRC member.

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