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BlackTail Energy Holdings Inc.

Good Energy.
Ahead of Schedule.

We harness what’s beneath us to power what’s ahead.

BlackTail connects the equipment, power systems, and development expertise needed to move energy projects forward — while building local skills and economic participation alongside them.

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Executive Overview

True energy leadership is measured not just in megawatts or pressure ratings.

It’s measured in the long-term wealth, technical mastery, and operational resilience left behind in the communities where we operate.

BlackTail unifies specialized subsurface equipment, precision drilling services, agile modular power generation, and utility-scale hybrid energy development. By coupling advanced engineering with localized workforce pipelines and applied university research, we ensure that as the geothermal and clean industrial economy expands, the prosperity and technical skills stay firmly rooted where the work is done.

Contiguous acres — El Paso County, TX
4,480acres

Contiguous acres — El Paso County, TX

Total contemplated hybrid capacity
~1,220MW

Total contemplated hybrid capacity

Modular ORC power-unit lineup
1 · 3 · 5MW

Modular ORC power-unit lineup

Combined leadership experience in global drilling & production
50years

Combined leadership experience in global drilling & production

Portfolio Architecture at a Glance

One holding company. Three disciplined verticals.

BlackTail Energy Holdings sets capital strategy and the #GoodEnergy framework. Each operating company owns a single discipline — so every client, operator, and investor knows exactly who delivers.
01

BlackTail Technologies

Geothermal Surface Infrastructure

America’s leader in geothermal surface infrastructure across wellhead, stimulation and power generation — BT wellhead systems, HPHT frac valves and chokes, and automation from wellhead to power plant.

02

BlackTail Pacific

Modular Power & Viability Assessments

Rapid modular generation (1 MW, 3 MW, 5 MW units) and subsurface geothermal viability modeling.

03

BlackTail Southwest

Utility-Scale Hybrid Development

Multi-asset hybrid energy hub pairing geothermal, solar, thermal storage, and natural gas (~1,220 MW total contemplated capacity) across 4,480 acres in El Paso County, TX.

The Gap We Were Built to Solve

Everyone chased the destination. No one built the road.

The industry agrees on the end goal: affordable, 24/7 carbon-free baseload power. What it never solved is how to get there — commercially, at scale, and on schedule.

Geothermal’s real barrier isn’t the heat beneath us. It’s the commercialization and scalability gap between a proven reservoir and a revenue-generating plant — fragmented contractors, long lead times, interconnection queues, and risk at every handoff.

BlackTail closes it — from wellhead to megawatt.

01

The Resource

Heat in the ground. Abundant, proven, always on.

02

The Gap

Where projects stall — and where BlackTail delivers.

03

The Power

Carbon-free, grid-ready baseload. 24/7, 365.

#GoodEnergy

The #GoodEnergy Standard

Building local capacity alongside grid-scale infrastructure.

Capital-intensive energy infrastructure and community empowerment are mutually reinforcing. We embed vocational education, academic collaboration, and community dialogue directly into how we operate.
  • Pillar I

    Trade School & Vocational Workforce Readiness

  • Pillar II

    Higher-Education Applied Research Partnerships

  • Pillar III

    Community Empowerment & Local Contractor Inclusion

BlackTail Southwest · The Borderplex Hybrid Energy Hub

Firm, dispatchable power — built alongside the load it serves.

Across 4,480 contiguous acres in El Paso County, Texas, BlackTail Southwest is planned as a hybrid energy hub of up to ~1,220 MW contemplated capacity. Geothermal, solar, thermal storage, and natural gas are integrated as one system — each resource covering the others’ gaps — so large energy users get around-the-clock reliability, and the Borderplex region gets long-term jobs, investment, and local participation.

Built for

  • Hyperscale Data Centers
  • AI Compute Clusters
  • Mission-Critical Defense
  • Long-Term Infrastructure Funds
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Who We Build For

Good Energy means it works for everyone at the table.

Communities

Prosperity that stays where the work is done.

Local hiring, pre-bid visibility for regional suppliers, open town halls, and reliable power that runs around the clock.

The #GoodEnergy Standard

Developers & Operators

Hardware, power, and execution under one roof.

API-compliant pressure-control iron, drilling services, and modular ORC units engineered to shorten the road from first well to first power.

Explore Technologies

Investors

A diversified, capital-disciplined platform.

Equipment, generation, and development revenue under one holding company — with capital committed only after subsurface viability is verified.

Investor Relations

Government & Energy Agencies

Firm power for energy security and grid resilience.

Domestic, dispatchable generation built around prevailing-wage and apprenticeship pathways, critical-infrastructure continuity, and transparent community engagement.

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Universities & Trade Schools

Training the next generation of geothermal talent.

Applied research on real field equipment and vocational pathways aligned to actual scopes — from valve rebuilding to ORC service.

Collaborate With Us
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Why We Do This

Powering everyday moments.

The porch light that comes on at dusk. The clinic that never goes dark. The classroom, the pump station, the data that keeps a community connected. Clean, firm geothermal power — drawn from the heat beneath us and developed with care for the land and water above it — is how we protect those moments for the next generation.

Core Updates

Press releases & technical dispatches.

All Dispatches

Press Release

BlackTail Energy and RayGen Execute Strategic Agreement to Advance Multi-Asset Hybrid Power Project in El Paso, TX

Initial 20–30 MW ORC and 40–50 MW PV Ultra deployment within a contemplated 1,220 MW hybrid energy hub, integrating geothermal, solar, long-duration storage, and natural gas under BlackTail’s #GoodEnergy commitment.

  • Project Development
  • Solar + Thermal Hydro
  • El Paso County

Milestone Announcement

BlackTail Pacific Completes Commercial Sale of 5 MW Rapid Modular Power Unit to Mazama

Delivering specialized modular generation hardware engineered to utilize medium-enthalpy geothermal brine, accelerating project execution timelines.

  • Power Generation
  • 5MW Unit
  • Commercial Sale

Community & Educational Partnership

BlackTail Launches Regional Workforce Readiness Initiative with Local Technical & Trade Academies

Preparing regional students for certified technical careers in geothermal surface hardware, pressure control systems, and modular power plant operations.

  • Good Energy
  • Trade Schools
  • Workforce Development

R&D & Academic Research

Advancing Subsurface Enthalpy Capture: BlackTail Pacific Structures 1 MW Power Unit Testing Program with the University of Utah

Enabling high-resolution academic research into real-time closed-loop Organic Rankine Cycle performance under variable field conditions.

  • Academic Partnership
  • 1MW Unit
  • Geothermal Innovation

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