Horizontal drilling for geothermal wells

A system for producing geothermal energy from a geothermal reservoir, the system comprising:

• an injection well having a horizontally drilled injection section traversing the geothermal reservoir, through which a cooled geothermal fluid comprising sequestered carbon dioxide is injected, from a surface location, into the geothermal reservoir to be heated by the geothermal reservoir;
• a production well having a horizontally drilled production section traversing the geothermal reservoir and a production pump disposed within a vertical section, wherein the production pump pumps the heated geothermal fluid, which enters the production well from the geothermal reservoir, to the surface location;
• and
• a binary cycle system comprising:
• a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the heated geothermal fluid to a condensed working fluid to create a vaporized working fluid;
• and
• a turbine, rotated by the vaporized working fluid, wherein the turbine drives a generator to produce the geothermal energy.

A method for producing geothermal energy from a geothermal reservoir, the method comprising:

• providing at least one injection well having a horizontally drilled injection section traversing the geothermal reservoir;
• providing at least two production wells having a horizontally drilled production section traversing the geothermal reservoir and a production pump disposed within a vertical section of the production well;
• injecting a cooled geothermal fluid from a surface location into the geothermal reservoir using the injection well;
• producing a heated geothermal fluid from the geothermal reservoir using the production well;
• transferring heat from the heated geothermal fluid to a condensed working fluid to create a vaporized working fluid;
• and
• transporting the vaporized working fluid to a turbine to drive a generator and create the geothermal energy.