The oil & gas skillset, geothermal's next frontier.
Four days on the full geothermal project lifecycle — exploration, resource characterization, drilling, development, and operations — built around the growing synergy between oil and gas and geothermal energy.
Register for IMAGE '26 →📍 George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston 📅 August 17–20, 2026 Save $135 — register by Aug 12
Geothermal has its own stage.
The Geothermal Hub is a dedicated space inside IMAGE '26 — with content for everyone from those just discovering geothermal to the professionals already driving the industry forward.
See the full geothermal project lifecycle
From exploration and resource characterization through drilling, development, and operations — one hub covering the whole arc.
Put your oil & gas skills to work in geothermal
Sessions built around the growing overlap between oil and gas and geothermal — subsurface data, drilling, and interpretation methods that carry straight over.
Tackle the hard problems head-on
Drilling hotter wells, well construction, and subsurface performance — the technical challenges the industry is actively solving.
What the Geothermal Hub covers
Technical presentations, panel discussions, and case studies spanning the full geothermal project lifecycle — for newcomers and veterans alike.
Exploration & Resource Characterization
Identifying and evaluating geothermal potential using geologic and geophysical data.
Drilling & Well Construction
Drilling hotter wells and the well-construction challenges unique to geothermal.
Development & Operations
Subsurface performance and case studies from projects already in the ground.
Full session-by-session schedule to be published closer to the event.
The people driving geothermal forward will be in the room.
From newcomers exploring the opportunity to veterans running active projects — plus the oil and gas professionals bringing decades of subsurface and drilling experience to a new resource.
- Geothermal Developers
- Drilling Engineers
- Subsurface Geoscientists
- O&G Professionals Exploring Geothermal
- Resource Characterization Specialists
- Industry Newcomers
Save $135 on registration — but only through August 12.
Advance pricing ends Aug 12, 2026 · IMAGE '26 runs Aug 17–20
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