US Patent Issued to Eavor Technologies on July 15 for "Construction and operation of geothermal wells" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,850, issued on July 15, was assigned to Eavor Technologies Inc..

"Construction and operation of geothermal wells" was invented by Matthew Toews (Calgary, Canada) and Paul Cairns (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system for geothermal energy harvesting using both conductive and convective heat transfer are provided. A geothermal well is provided with inlet and outlet wellbores and an interconnecting wellbore therebetween, the interconnecting wellbore fluidly connected to a plurality of fluid conduits, such as fractures. The interface of the wellbore and fractures with the surrounding earth may be impermeably ...