Hot water at 55 °C has been tapped at 480 meters depth by a test drilling conducted at the town of Ísafjörður in the Westfjords region of northwest Iceland. While the plan is for the well to be drilled deeper to 700 meters, the results so far are a good sign that the people of Ísafjörður can soon transition away from burning gas for heating.
The results were confirmed by Guðmundur Ármann Böðvarsson, manager of the Floa og Skeið Farming Association, the contractor that conducted the drilling. “This exploratory drilling has been going on for the past summer. Today, at 480 meters, there was suddenly a quantity of water that measured 55 degrees.”
Project owner Orkubúð and drilling consultant ISOR nevertheless decided that the well can be used for heating. The results from the well are also indicative that there is more hot water in the area.
Source: Visir
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