
Steve Chairing the IADD meeting
Steve Krase our CEO is chairing the IADD “Some Like it Hot” geothermal drilling event at the Nabors office in Houston, September 21. Update: Steve hosted and organised this week’s

Welcome Gorka!
Starting 1st September 2023 in our Bilbao office. Meet our latest addition to the Hephae team! Gorka Plata starts as a Mechanical Design Engineer. Gorka obtained his PhD in 2018

Project InnerSpace retreat
John is just back from the InnerSpace 2023 team retreat – a weekend of strategising and developing new ideas to push #geothermalenergy forwards. Was great to meet many of the

Deusto
Great meeting this week with Jokin Lozares of Universidad de Deusto in Bilbao. Discussing great things for the future and below; shooting a special video that we can share later in the

Congratulations to Fervo Energy
In what could be the “Drake Well” moment for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Fervo has proved that modern oil and gas well construction technologies can create a viable EGS well. Congrats

Our Bilbao office is officially open!
Team building in Spain. Pictured are Pete Harvey, VP Technology; Shraddha Singh, Mechanical Design Engineer; and Jon Careaga, Bizkaia Operations Manager. With Jon and Shraddha on board, our Bilbao office

Welcome Darryl!
Meet another new addition to the Hephae team! Darryl Roe started as a Senior Firmware Engineer in our Houston office on 1 July. Darryl has been developing firmware and software

Steve and Pete after great meeting at Universidad de Deusto
Collaboration is the key to developing Geothermal Everywhere.

Watch the presentation
Pushing the Temperature Limits of Electronics and Sensor Technologies CTO John Clegg recently presented to the geothermal technical section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Why high temperature measurement and

‘It is electrifyingly exciting’
How Britain could be freed from fossil fuels forever It’s something miners have always known: the further down you go, the hotter it gets. But, asks Harry Cockburn, can Britain catch

Matthew attends SemiCon West 11-13 July, 2023
At SEMICON West, industry professionals, “Building a Path Forward.” The event focused on key challenges affecting the global microelectronics industry which include Supply Chain Disruptions, Climate Change, and Talent Shortages,

Welcome Shraddha
Meet a new addition to the Hephae team! Shraddha Singh started as a Mechanical Design Engineer in our Bilbao office on 1 July. After gaining a Bachelors in Industrial and

TED Countdown Day 3
Networking. And talking to David Lammy MP (UK Shadow Foreign Secretary) about Geothermal Energy.

TED Countdown Day 2
At the decommissioned and soon-to-be demolished River Rouge coal-fired power plant just outside Detroit. The infrastructure at old coal-fired plants potentially lends itself very well to repurposing for geothermal. Replacing

John Clegg, our CTO is attending The TED Summit, Detroit, 11-14th July
TED Countdown Day 1 Explore the Ted Summit website This invite-only gathering will bring together a group of global innovators, business executives, scientists, policymakers, next generation leaders, artists, activists and

Energy Independence
Zimbabwe has recently prohibited the export of raw lithium from its mines so it can cash in on its resource by bringing the value chain elements associated with processing in-country and prevent

Lateral Thinking
In the last blog we mentioned that many operators we have spoken to are interested in the transfer of horizontal well technology from the oil and gas industry. For further

Drilling (Straight) Ahead
A recent article in Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT) magazine https://jpt.spe.org/microwave-drilling-sounds-like-science-fiction-but-so-does-drilling-down-to-the-hottest-rock describes the plans of a new drilling technology company, Quaise Energy, to utilise microwave drilling to enable the creation

SPE London Section: Geothermal Well Construction at Scale
John Clegg, Hephae’s CTO, recently presented to SPE’s London Section and their Geothermal Technical Section (SPE GTTS) about the challenges and opportunities associated with the construction of geothermal wells at

DC Video Interview: Steve Krase, Hephae Energy Technology
Our CEO Steve Krase talks to Drilling Contractor about unconventional geothermal systems at the 2022 IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference in Galveston, Texas.

Steve Krase on CORE Knowledge Podcast
Our CEO Steve Krase talks to Nick Cestari about how to make geothermal energy scalable and accessible everywhere, and how Hephae will contribute with the high temperature drilling and measurement tools that will be an important part of the equation.

Steering in the Right Direction: Directional Drilling Expert John Clegg on Pushing to 300C
In December 2020 our CTO John Clegg was interviewed by Jamie Beard for her Heat Beat blog. We thought it would be fun to revisit the article and see how far we have come!

It’s Time
John Clegg, Hephae’s CTO, discusses how timing is everything for innovation – and how the timing is perfect for developing our technology!

Pivot 2021 Takeaways
Steve Krase, CEO and John Clegg, CTO discuss their takeaways from the online Pivot 2021 event.

Getting to Geothermal Anywhere: Closed Loop Technoeconomics Panel Session
John Clegg recently joined moderator Silviu Livescu and fellow panelists, Lev Ring, Joseph Scherer, Eric van Oort, and Piotr Moncarz to discuss “Getting to Geothermal Anywhere: Closed-Loop Techno-economics” at PIVOT2021: Geothermal Reimagined. If you missed

Geothermal Reimagined Startup Competition Featuring Sir Richard Branson and Chris Anderson
Did You Catch Our Pitch at the PIVOT New Venture Competition? What a great experience! Our CTO, John Clegg, presented the Hephae Energy Technology geothermal solution to this year PIVOT2021

Hephae is a Finalist for the Pivot2021’s New Venture Competition
We’re so excited to be a finalist in #Pivot2021’s New Venture Competition. Our CTO, John Clegg, will present the Hephae Energy Technology geothermal solution to this year’s judges, Chris Anderson and Sir

John Clegg Participates in PIVOT2021 “Getting to Geothermal Anywhere” Panel
So what happens when veteran drilling technology pioneers get on the case of high-temperature drilling for geothermal energy? Check out directional drilling expert and Hephae CTO, John Clegg, who will

Welcome to the Hephae Blog
Welcome! On behalf of the entire Hephae Energy Technology team, welcome to our blog. As we move along this journey to help build one million geothermal wells, we’ll be providing