AltaRock Energy Announces Successful Multiple-Zone Stimulation of Well at the Newberry Enhanced Geothermal Systems Demonstration

Published on Jan 23 2013 // Uncategorized
Completion of this industry-first milestone demonstrates AltaRock’s ability to increase the energy production from a single well by several orders of magnitude SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AltaRock Energy today announced that it has created multiple stimulated zones from a single wellbore...

Will Google’s risky investment payoff?

Published on Apr 21 2012 // business, geothermal
Will Google’s risky investment payoff?
In 2008, Google received national attention for investing in a risky geothermal start-up called AltaRock Energy. Now the company has received approval from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to proceed with a demo project in Oregon that will test the company’s “novel technology” to...