ThermaSource Inc., Hires New Chief Operating Officer, Gerald Hamblin

SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermaSource, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of Gerald ("Jerry") Hamblin as Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Hamblin comes to ThermaSource with over 33 years of experience in the geothermal industry in areas such as planning, well design, program evaluation, rig management and engineering.

Mr. Hamblin spent 30 years of his career at Unocal where he oversaw engineering and the drilling operations in parts of the US, Indonesia, and the Philippines.  He has also managed projects for Philippine Geothermal, Inc., Ormat, Sierra Geothermal Power, CalEnergy, Calpine, NCPA and was the Drilling Manager for The Geysers and Salton Sea Fields.   In addition to his experience in the field, Mr. Hamblin also holds two patents that have helped advance the geothermal drilling industry.  He was also a member of teams that planned the expansion of the Awibangkok field and the exploration of the Sarulla project in Indonesia.  Mr. Hamblin attended Stanford University.

Chief Executive Officer, Louis Capuano, Jr. said, "Jerry brings a vast amount of drilling and operational experience to our team.  We believe that the addition of Jerry will prove to be valuable to ThermaSource and will increase our drilling, operational and project management capabilities greatly." 

About ThermaSource, LLC

ThermaSource is a Santa Rosa, California based geothermal drilling service company. ThermaSource, LLC is the holding company of five geothermal service companies: 1) ThermaSource Inc. is engaged in geothermal drilling, engineering and project management; 2) ThermaSource Cementing is an onsite cement supply, pumping and engineering firm; 3) Tecton Geologic provides on-site data, well logging, and H2S Abatement services during drilling; 4) ThermaSource Drilling Fluids is engaged in geothermal drilling fluids supply, and engineering; and 5) EGS, Inc. specializes in geological and geophysical exploration and is a resource evaluation firm.  ThermaSource has positioned itself as a one-stop shop for drilling service needs and is a worldwide leader in the geothermal industry.

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