说美国的地热产业正在升温可能还只是轻描淡写。

地热公司领导人和其他能源行业人士曾一度因项目失败、规划不周和其他投资风险而被潜在投资者所排斥，但现在他们正在扭转这种局面。

他们正在使用石油和天然气公司剧本中的技术。想想水平钻井和多井平台。油田服务公司正在探索使用其产品的新方法，例如使用绝缘管来最大限度地减少热量损失并最大限度地利用地热井中的流体从地下移动到地面时的能量。

To say the geothermal industry is heating up in the U.S. might be an understatement.

Once shunned by potential investors due to project failures, poor planning and other investment risks, geothermal company leaders and others in the energy sector are turning the situation around.

And they are using techniques from oil and gas company playbooks. Think horizontal drilling and multi-well pads. Oilfield service companies are unearthing new ways to use their products, such as insulated tubing to minimize heat loss and maximize energy as fluids in geothermal wells move from the subsurface to the surface.