The IDDP-2 Flow Test was initiated 11. December 2019 by using air compressor in order to get the well flowing. The process is still ongoing and we expect the well will be up and flowing sometime in January 2020. Season Greetings from IDDP and DEEPEGS....
An IDDP-2 Flow Test Kick of Meeting was conducted in Reykjavik, 12th August 2019, and is reported in SAGA Report No. 12. According to this report the flow test was expected to begin early September – but due to unforeseen intervention the beginning of flow test...
A new JVGR article on IDDP-2 is available on the ScienceDirect website and here. The IDDP-2 well is now heating up for a flow test which is planned to begin April 2019.
IDDP-2 Way Forward Workshop, a joint effort of the IDDP-Consortium and DEEPEGS, was held 20-21 March 2018. Preparation for a flow test is next on the agenda. For details see SAGA REPORT No 11.
A significant milestone has been reached in the Iceland Deep Drilling Project at the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland when drilling of the IDDP-2 well was completed on the 25th of January at 4,659 meters depth. All of the initial targets were reached. These targets...
Drilling has progressed slowly but steady for the last few weeks. Since 3200 m depth we have been drilling without getting any return of circulation fluid or drill cuttings to the surface. Seven times we have attempted to drill for spot cores, providing us with...
The RN-15/IDDP-2 has reached 3.640 m depth and is now the deepest hole in Iceland. The well is cased with a 9 5/8 inch steel casing to 2.940 m, and after cementing the casing the well was deepened with 8 ½ inch rotary drill bit. While drilling below the casing, quite...
