Drilling and building operations at Eavor’s Geretried web site in Germany (supply: video screenshot, Eavor Deutschland through LinkedIn)
Eavor experiences progress within the Eavor-Loop undertaking in Geretsried, Germany, with drilling reaching 7 km measured depth and energy plant building ongoing.
Eavor Deutschland (Eavor) has offered an replace on the progress of the geothermal undertaking in Geretsried, Germany that serves as the primary commercial-scale deployment of the corporate’s Eavor-Loop know-how. In response to the replace, Eavor has now drilled all the way down to 7000 meters measured depth, whereas energy plant building can also be ongoing.
Drilling for the undertaking formally began in July 2023. The plan is for 2 drilling rigs to function in parallel, drilling all the way down to 4500 meters vertical depth earlier than deflecting horizontally.
The video reel revealed by Eavor on their LinkedIn web page additionally confirmed ongoing building of the air-cooled condenser (ACC) items for the longer term ORC energy plant. Turboden was chosen again in 2022 to provide the ORC system for the Gerestried undertaking.
20,000 meters of casing
Odfjell Know-how, an built-in provider of effectively providers know-how and engineering options, has been chosen by Eavor to supply tubular operating providers for the Geretsried undertaking. The Odfjell Know-how group efficiently ran 20,000m of large-size casings starting from 9-5/8” as much as 22” with none misplaced time incidents on the KCA Deutag T700 and T46 rigs – the 2 largest land rigs in Europe.
Odfjell Know-how’s casing operating software, CRTi, was used to its working limits and performed an important function in attaining the casings’ desired depths utilizing its circulating, rotating, push and pull capabilities.
“Odfjell Know-how is proud to play an important function in progressing geothermal within the world vitality combine by way of our industry-leading tubular operating providers,” mentioned Elisabeth Haram, EVP Nicely Providers at Odfjell Know-how.
“We’re proud to be constructing the world’s first Eavor-Loop™ closed-loop geothermal system in Geretsried. This really progressive and recreation altering undertaking enhances the applying of geothermal vitality in actual phrases throughout the wider vitality sector,” mentioned Daniel Mölk, Execute Vice President Europe Operations at Eavor. “We appreciated the cooperation with Odfjell Know-how on this particular a part of the undertaking very a lot.”
Supply: Eavor Deutschland through LinkedIn, Odfjell Know-how
