US Patent Issued to XGS Energy on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods to place a thermally conductive sheath in a geothermal well" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,974, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to XGS Energy Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Systems and methods to place a thermally conductive sheath in a geothermal well" was invented by Axel-Pierre Bois (Curis-au-Mont-d'Or, France) and Anthony Badalamenti (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are presented for placing a multi-segmented thermally conductive sheath around a closed-loop heat harvesting system in of a geothermal well for purposes of improved electrical or thermal energy generation and recovery. The systems and methods presented herein additionally allow for a more efficient means of installing a th...