Geothermal energy

Resilient, reliable, sustainable—and ready to be tapped

Overview

Let’s build our energy future, together

Countries around the world are looking down new paths for dependable energy. SLB offers a wide range of geothermal solutions—from geothermal power to heating and cooling for buildings.

Creating the plan to power tomorrow’s needs starts now.

Geothermal power

Working in the subsurface for more than 100 years, SLB is proud to be a part of 80% of the world’s geothermal power projects. Our GeothermEx™ geothermal consulting services cover the full spectrum of geothermal operations. We also leverage our digital, well construction, and field development expertise and fit-for-purpose technologies to plan and execute your project. Together, we’ll make sustainable energy accessible.

The ~16 GW of geothermal power currently installed is just the tip of the iceberg—the global capacity potential is estimated by IHS Markit to be nearly 20× more. (Source: ThinkGeoEnergy Research, 2022)

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Geothermal heating and cooling

Geothermal energy also brings powerful solutions to heat and cool in a whole new way. A form of shallow geothermal energy—called geoenergy—provides low-carbon heating and cooling for buildings.

About 70% of the thermal energy a building needs is waiting to be uncovered right below us. Tapping into this geoenergy takes tools to access it and the expertise to make it reality. Our Celsius Energy™ geoenergy heating and cooling solution uses advanced technologies to maximize heating and cooling for buildings. Together, we can harness this sustainable energy source and reduce your overall energy consumption and emissions.

What’s New in Geothermal?

The Heat Beneath

Explore the latest news and thought leadership in geothermal innovation.

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SLB's Ann Robertson-Tait honored with Geothermal Pioneer Award

SLB and Ormat team up to deliver integrated geothermal projects

Beyond levelized cost: What’s the true value of geothermal energy?

Making enhanced geothermal systems an accessible solution

Geothermal Webinar Series

Learn about solutions that optimize your geothermal project economics.

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Increasing Production in Thin Geothermal Reservoirs

Janine Maalouf, well placement domain champion in Europe, will discuss how placing a horizontal doublet in thin permeable layers using logging-while-drilling deep electromagnetic multibed boundary mapping and borehole imaging technologies can help maximize reservoir exposure.

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Janine Maalouf, domain expert, geothermal

Boosting Production From High-Enthalpy Geothermal Wells

This webinar discusses the creation of a power-efficient geothermal electric submersible pump (ESP). Join Andrey Fastovets, product manager for ESPs at SLB for artificial lift, as he discusses this breakthrough technology and a pilot deployment in Turkey that helped to validate its performance, boosting individual well revenue by more than 50% for the operator.

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Managing Temperature to Enable Directional Drilling to 500 degC

Optimize your geothermal projects: Our panel featuring Nicholas Goura and Seth Champness will discuss the critical considerations necessary to drill a directional well with full fluid returns into a formation with a static temperature of 500 degC.

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Directional and Surveying Challenges in Geothermal Well Construction

Using a real-world case study, SLB Fellow Ross Lowdon, head of surveying at SLB, and Mark Hodder, vice president for well engineering and operations at Eavor, discuss how AGS wells operate as closed-loop systems that require precise directional drilling and specialized technology to join the wells at depth.

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Geothermal Webinar Series: Challenges in Well Construction

Sweet Spot Mapping at Utah FORGE

Sri Mulyani, senior geologist at SLB, explores how a multidomain and integrated geoscience study including fracture characterization, fracture modeling, and geomechanics provides crucial data to better understand geothermal reservoir conditions, reduce uncertainty, and optimize well targeting in geothermal fields, particularly in EGS applications.

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Subsurface Fracture Characterization Case Study from Utah FORGE

Join Erik Borchardt, New Energy business development manager, and Andy Wray, North America borehole geology domain champion, as they discuss how characterizing, initiating, and sustaining interconnected fracture networks is crucial to the success of developing large-scale, economically sustainable enhanced geothermal system (EGS) reservoirs.

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Evolution of Cutting Structure Solutions for Geothermal Wells

Join Davide Fanti, product champion for Well Construction Drilling at SLB, as he explores the results of an extensive global review of the world’s largest drilling data repository of 1,200+ geothermal wells. He will discuss how the drill bit’s evolution over the last few decades has made a significant impact on lowering well construction costs.

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Our services and solutions

Geothermal consulting services

Delivering natural energy power to scale

Geothermal Exploration

Geothermal Well Construction

Geothermal Well Testing

Geothermal Resource Assessment

Geothermal Numerical Reservoir Simulation

Geothermal Due Diligence

Geothermal reservoir characterization

Illuminating the reservoir with detailed understanding

Geothermal subsurface modeling and evaluation

Trust your geothermal project to leading software and expertise

Geothermal well construction

Improve geothermal drilling with solutions that perform in hard rock and high temperatures

Geothermal Cementing Systems

Geothermal Directional Drilling

Geothermal Drill Bits

Geothermal Drilling Fluids

Geothermal Wellhead Systems

Geothermal completions

Connecting to the geothermal resource

Geothermal production

Optimize performance for the long term

Geothermal intervention

Extend the life of your geothermal wells

Geoenergy heating and cooling solution

A natural way to regulate building temperature

Geothermal energy