A plan for a 5 km-deep borehole at Reykjanes, Iceland, into the root zone of a black smoker on land
A summary workshop report describing the progress made so far by the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) is presented below. The report provides recommendations concerning technical aspects related to deep drilling, and invites international participation in both the engineering and the scientific...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:119b20a212384dd590131be8b35aac09 2023-05-15T16:46:32+02:00 A plan for a 5 km-deep borehole at Reykjanes, Iceland, into the root zone of a black smoker on land G. Ó. Friðleifsson W. A. Elders G. Bignall 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-16-73-2013 https://doaj.org/article/119b20a212384dd590131be8b35aac09 EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.sci-dril.net/16/73/2013/sd-16-73-2013.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1816-8957 https://doaj.org/toc/1816-3459 1816-8957 1816-3459 doi:10.5194/sd-16-73-2013 https://doaj.org/article/119b20a212384dd590131be8b35aac09 Scientific Drilling, Vol 16, Pp 73-79 (2013) Geology QE1-996.5 article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-16-73-2013 2022-12-31T08:37:20Z A summary workshop report describing the progress made so far by the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) is presented below. The report provides recommendations concerning technical aspects related to deep drilling, and invites international participation in both the engineering and the scientific activities of the next phase of the IDDP. No issues were identified at the workshop that should rule out attempting the drilling, sampling and testing of the proposed IDDP-2 well. Although technically challenging, the consensus of the workshop was that the drilling of such a hot deep well, and producing potentially hostile fluids, is possible but requires careful contingency planning. The future well will be explored for supercritical fluid and/or superheated steam beneath the current production zone of the Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland. This deep borehole will provide the first opportunity worldwide to directly investigate the root zone of a magma-hydrothermal system which is likely to be similar to those beneath the black smokers on the world-encircling mid-ocean rift systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Reykjanes ENVELOPE(-22.250,-22.250,65.467,65.467) Scientific Drilling 16 73 79 |
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A summary workshop report describing the progress made so far by the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) is presented below. The report provides recommendations concerning technical aspects related to deep drilling, and invites international participation in both the engineering and the scientific activities of the next phase of the IDDP. No issues were identified at the workshop that should rule out attempting the drilling, sampling and testing of the proposed IDDP-2 well. Although technically challenging, the consensus of the workshop was that the drilling of such a hot deep well, and producing potentially hostile fluids, is possible but requires careful contingency planning. The future well will be explored for supercritical fluid and/or superheated steam beneath the current production zone of the Reykjanes geothermal field in SW Iceland. This deep borehole will provide the first opportunity worldwide to directly investigate the root zone of a magma-hydrothermal system which is likely to be similar to those beneath the black smokers on the world-encircling mid-ocean rift systems. |
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A plan for a 5 km-deep borehole at Reykjanes, Iceland, into the root zone of a black smoker on land |
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A plan for a 5 km-deep borehole at Reykjanes, Iceland, into the root zone of a black smoker on land |
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A plan for a 5 km-deep borehole at Reykjanes, Iceland, into the root zone of a black smoker on land |
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