Assessments have confirmed a high-temperature geothermal useful resource tapped by 5200m geothermal exploration nicely drilled by Sinopec in Hainan, China.
Having accomplished drilling of the 5200m Fushen-1 geothermal exploration nicely in April 2024, the China Petrochemical Company (Sinopec) has now introduced that high-temperature geothermal assets have been examined at depths of 4600 meters and 5100 meters. Assessments have confirmed temperatures of greater than 188 °C.
Sinopec has additionally carried out reservoir stimulation, water injection, and warmth extraction from the exploration nicely, thus forming a whole set of deep geothermal exploration, improvement, and utilization analyses. With the information collected from the nicely, Guo Xusheng of the Chinese language Academy of Engineering indicated that claims that the undertaking crew believes that there’s a very wealthy geothermal useful resource throughout the 50 sq. kilometers across the undertaking web site, roughly equal to 1.4 billion tons of ordinary coal assets.
The drilling of the exploration nicely within the metropolis of Haikou, the capital of the southern Hainan province, began in August 2023. The unique aims of the drilling undertaking – to raised characterize the subsurface formation within the area and the potential of geothermal assets within the surrounding space – appear to have been fulfilled.
Whereas concrete plans for the utilization of the nicely haven’t been introduced, the goal for geothermal within the Hainan area is to generate electrical energy, present refrigeration, and produce scorching home water below a cascade mannequin.
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