22600 oil/gas wells drilled in 2022 in the US [1]. Fervo is proposing to do ~20 MW per injector/producer pair [2][3]. that's 11000 potential pairs per year x 1

22600 oil/gas wells drilled in 2022 in the US [1]. Fervo is proposing to do ~20 MW per injector/producer pair [2][3]. that's 11000 potential pairs per year x 10 years = 110000 pairs = 2200000 MW = 2200 GW. total US usage is 4 trillion kWh for 2022 [4], which is 456 GW averaged over the whole year. so in the 10 years that it takes to build 85% of nuclear reactors, the oil/gas industry could drill enough geothermal wells to satisfy 4x the electricity requirements of the entire US. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/965763/number-of-oil-and-gas-wells-drilled-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/965763/number-of-oil-and... [2] https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-breaks-ground-on-the-worlds-largest-next-gen-geothermal-project/ https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-breaks-ground-on-the-wo... [3] presentation in Denver May 2024 by fervo completion engineer said 40 total wells [4] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-electricity.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-elect...