The drilling rig on Cork Hill (Courtesy PWD) |
Montserrat officially begun drilling for geothermal energy on Sunday, the government announced.
After resolving “a couple of last minute mechanical issues,” the drilling began in Cork Hill on the first of two production wells in Montserrat.
Iceland Drilling Company is doing the drilling work, following a contract signed last year. The project management, engineering and site supervision contract went to Capuano Engineering Co. of Santa Rosa, California who are on location monitoring and controlling the project development with EGS, Inc. as subcontractor to monitor the geologic progress and log the well as it is drilled.
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