Montserrat to drill third well for geothermal project
Active volcano on the British overseas territory of Montserrat, Caribbean (source: flickr/ lara68, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
29 Tem 2014
After two successful wells producing 1,5 MW, the Montserrat Government has announced that they will drill a third well with the assistance of varied parties.
In local news from Montserrat, the geothermal project happening in the island is moving forward as expected and the two wells that have been drilled so far have successful at producing 1.5 MW.
Considering this success,the news source informs that during a press conference, “members of the steering committee and DFID’s Dr. Kimbugwe and Premier Meade in attendance, both Allen and Brophy with Kimbugwe and Premier Meade updated on the status and the way forward in the geothermal development project.” announcing that a third well will be drilled in the same location as the previous two.
“What has been agreed since we spoke last that we are going to drill a third well and the team has been on the island here, the team from EGS, from Capuano, from Oakland University and myself and we have been reviewing the location for the third well, that still has to be finally confirmed but the general agreement is to the target for that and the confirmation should be within the next ten days or so.”
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Source: The Monserrat Reporter Website
