Drilling rig on the Lightning Dock geothermal area in New Mexico (supply: Zanskar)
Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals has drilled a extremely productive effectively at Lightning Dock geothermal area, New Mexico, validating the thesis of untapped potential.
Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals, Inc. (Zanskar) has introduced exceptionally optimistic outcomes of a brand new manufacturing effectively drilled on the Lighting Dock geothermal area in New Mexico.
The manufacturing effectively exhibited a productiveness index of round 50 GPM/psi and fluid temperatures of round 325 °F (162 °C). The effectively was self-discharging at 1000 GPM, however with a high-flow pump put in, the effectively was modeled to provide round 5000 GPM at 330 °F (165 °C).
The directional effectively was drilled right into a fracture zone at 7500-8000 toes (2286 – 2438 meters) deep. It was a large-diameter effectively, with Zanskar optimistic that the reservoir could have distinctive productiveness and stream.
The estimated capability of the effectively is estimated to exceed 200 MWth, and can be greater than sufficient for the 15 MWe Lightning Dock energy plant. Additionally it is positioned to develop into the most efficient pumped geothermal effectively in operation within the USA.
Actual-world validation of Zanskar’s thesis
This end result of the drilling confirms the unimaginable potential of the Lightning Dock useful resource and is robust validation of a part of the thesis of Zanskar – which is that hydrothermal geothermal sources (generally known as “standard”) can produce way more power than the trade has traditionally proven.
The drive to validate this thesis was a part of Zanskar’s purpose for acquiring the Lightning Dock geothermal area from Cyrq Power in 2024. The geothermal area was put as much as sale as a consequence of underperformance points. Nonetheless, Zanskar had already collected distinctive knowledge within the area and noticed it as a possibility to check their strategy.
The brand new manufacturing effectively was drilled and examined lower than 8 months after the acquisition, with the end result as optimistic as the corporate had hoped. Zanskar stays dedicated to the angle that hydrothermal sources might be extra productive than beforehand decided by the trade, and that fashionable instruments and applied sciences will assist to faucet deeper into these sources and goal them extra precisely and exactly.
Whereas Zanskar has made no pronouncement of their future plans but, the corporate is set to show that the productive effectively is just not a “one-hit marvel” for the Lightning Dock geothermal area.
Supply: Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals
