Engineering Geophysics
Drilling in deep, super-critical ambient (DESCRAMBLE)
DESCRAMBLE has developed novel drilling technologies for a proof-of-concept test of reaching deep geothermal supercritical resources. It has drilled and tested the continental-crust condition for demonstrating novel drilling techniques, the control of gas emissions and high temperature/pressure conditions expected from the deep fluids. The test site has an existing dry well in Larderello, Italy.
Geophysikalische Reservoirüberwachung (Angus+, Angus II)
The use of the subsurface as a thermal, electrical or material storage could alter the geological subsurface. The understanding of the impact is critical for a realisation of a subsurface storage.