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Eden’s Reservoir Stimulation Technology

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Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) recently contracted with Eden GeoPower, a Massachusetts-based geotechnical firm, for the use of their Electrical Reservoir Stimulation™ technology.

The Oman-based pilot project includes multiple wells and will be the first project to ever utilize electrical current to stimulate the reservoir. Shaleem Petroleum Company, a leading Omani-owned Community Contracting Company, will service the project with Eden.

Majid Mahrooqi, corporate planning manager at PDO, said: “We are pleased to move forward with Eden’s reservoir simulation technology to contribute to the advancement of a clean and sustainable solution that should enable the extraction of subsurface resources economically and innovatively while lowering the CO2 footprint of the operation and minimizing environmental impacts.”

The pilot project is set to break ground later this year. Furthermore, the partnership with Eden may enable the growth of a whole ecosystem around the new sustainable and clean technology, accelerating the trajectory toward net-zero goals and creating a new class of jobs in the local market. Short term, it will support the immediate creation of new jobs during the stimulation period projected to take place this year.

Ammar Alali, the president and co-founder of Eden, said: “Petroleum Development Oman puts great effort into sustainable and efficient practices. We are excited to apply our reservoir stimulation technology to help further those initiatives. We aim to support grid reliability as we collectively shift to more sustainable energy consumption, and our partnership with PDO reflects that.”

Paris Smalls, CEO and co-founder of Eden, said: “Piloting our technology later this year is a huge milestone for our company and the global shift to a net-zero economy.

“Once our technology is successfully piloted, we will commercialize across a spectrum of industries that require subsurface permeability enhancement. This includes increasing the fracture network in Enhanced Geothermal Systems reservoirs, increasing the reactive surface area for in-situ mining, and opening new fluid flow pathways to maximize CO2 injectivity during geologic sequestration.”

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