Before Invitrogen announced it had licensed these chemicals, Diversa had only one product on the market, an enzyme that cleans the hot depths of oil wells.

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When pressure forces the water up other, nearby wells, it is hot enough to run a turbine and produce electricity.

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Wells are bored and pathways are created inside hot rocks, into which cold water is injected.

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This summer had already been particularly hot with heavy rains that caused outhouses to flood into several drinking wells.

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The expendable Vernon Wells gets traded to New York -- where he's hotter than hot.

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