Siren Song of Geothermal Calls to PA Conventional & Shale Drillers

As far back as July 2021, MDN began to cover the issue of geothermal energy, which uses the same technology (drilling rigs, horizontal drilling) to drill holes in the ground to circulate and warm (or cool) water underground as a "green" energy source. Geothermal is an area of interest for Marcellus/Utica shale drillers as a potential new source of revenue (see our geothermal stories here). More recently, we've reported on an experiment by West Virginia University and Northeast Natural Energy drilling an experimental geothermal well in WV (see WVU & NNE Drilling Test Well for CCS, Geothermal Energy). Pennsylvania is also sniffing around the geothermal concept (see Penn State Suggests Reusing Old O&G Wells for Geothermal Energy). Now comes word of a nonprofit called Project InnerSpace attempting to convince PA drillers to leave drilling for natural gas behind and enter the new nirvana of geothermal drilling instead.

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