GEOTHERMAL

Utah FORGE completes drilling of first deviated deep well

The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), funded by the US Department of Energy, has completed its first highly deviated deep well and has done so 60 days ahead of schedule.

 In Utah FORGE has successfully drilled its first highly deviated deep geothermal test well

In Utah FORGE has successfully drilled its first highly deviated deep geothermal test well

The upper part of the well was drilled vertically through approximately 4,700ft of sediments before penetrating into high strength, crystalline granite. The well was deviated at a 65-degree angle from...

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