The Iceland Deep Drilling Project 4.5 km deep well, IDDP-2, in the seawater-recharged Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland has successfully reached its supercritical target
The Iceland Deep Drilling Project research well RN-15/IDDP-2 at Reykjanes, Iceland, reached its target of supercritical conditions at a depth of 4.5 km in January 2017. After only 6 days of heating, the measured bottom hole temperature was 426 °C, and the fluid pressure was 34 MPa. The southern...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Scientific Drilling |
| Online Access: | https://www.sci-dril.net/23/1/2017/sd-23-1-2017.pdf |