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

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: G. Ó. Friðleifsson, W. A. Elders, R. A. Zierenberg, A. Stefánsson, A. P. G. Fowler, T. B. Weisenberger, B. S. Harðarson, K. G. Mesfin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Geology; QE1-996.5; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-23-1-2017; https://doaj.org/article/6cfcef5fda5b40acb662e7fc53bb51fe

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 tip...