Webinar – Utah FORGE overview, challenges, and future operations, 23 August 2024

Focus on Geothermal Webinar – Utah FORGE: The Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy

As part of the regular Focus on Geothermal Webinar series – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy – we are proud to host Kevin Jones of the Geothermal Technologies Office under the US Department of Energy for a webinar on “Utah FORGE: The Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy.”

Kevin Jones is currently the EGS Acting Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office.

Date: 23 August 2024

Time: 16:00 CEST / 09:00 CST

Registration: Click here to register

Speaker: Kevin Jones

The Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) in Milford, Utah, is the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) flagship site for researching and demonstrating new techniques and methods for creating enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Learn the latest on FORGE’s research and how the site is achieving success in drilling, seismic monitoring, data collection, and more.

Kevin Jones joined GTO in 2021 as DOE Manager and Strategy Lead for the flagship EGS demonstration project, the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE). Prior to his time at GTO, Kevin worked for ExxonMobil, where he gained experience in every phase of the oil and gas asset life cycle, from research and exploration, through development, to late field life production.

Kevin graduated with a BS in geology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MA and PhD in Geochemistry from Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.