Geothermal needs better tools for superhot drilling. Hephae can help.

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media at 26 Aug, 07:30 UTC

Thousands of feet beneath the desert valley of southwest Utah, a slender tool tucked inside a drill pipe is barreling through hot granite. The rod-shaped device, built by the startup Hephae Energy Technology , is a tracker of sorts, wirelessly sending data to help operators above steer the drill…

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• T2Geothermal needs better tools for superhot drilling. Hephae can help.Canary Media / Heatmap / Latitude Media26 Aug, 07:30