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Texas A&M researchers map geothermal energy using sound

Jonathan Buck COLLEGE STATION, TX — New Texas A&M research is aimed at using passive sounds in fractured rock to map channels for geothermal energy. While seismic surveys can produce a picture of subsurface areas… they can also be difficult to decipher. Now, Texas A&M researchers over at the Petroleum Engineering Department, hope that a different […]

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The biggest no-brainer in all of energy policy

Give geothermal the same permitting concessions as oil and gas on public lands   Eli Dourado Senior Research Fellow It’s hard to overstate the importance of the shale revolution. Unconventional oil and gas wells have made the United States a net energy exporter for the first time since the 1950s. The revolution has been a […]

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