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Araque: Drilling super-hot geothermal is a vastly larger hurdle than fracturing
“The drilling by far outweighs the fracturing. The fracturing does happen in nature. We see this in nature every time a hydrothermal vent or a mine forms. This is the process by which it does so. So there's evidence in the geological record that The fracture in…”
Araque: Oil and gas drilling is limited by temperature, not depth
“Oil and gas systems are not depth limited. They are temperature limited. You will find people drilling with mechanical drilling systems all the way down to eight miles, nine miles, pushing really out there, but not hot, right? So the gap is not depth. The gap …”
Araque: Non-productive downtime matters far more than instantaneous drilling speed
“A lot of people overemphasize instantaneous speed, like, oh, we can drill a hundred meters per hour instantaneously, but that matters less than your consistency. So non-productive time in drilling is what starts to take over your drilling economics. You start …”