Montserrat:

Third Well to be Drilled at Montserrat Geothermal Project (The Montserrat Reporter)

Paul Brophy, president of EGS, Inc. gives an
update on the Montserrat geothermal project
(Courtesy The Montserrat Reporter)

As promised by Dr. Kato Kimbugwe, a team of experts, Mike Allen, Dr. Graham Ryan along with Paul Brophy, among others were due to be on island at the beginning of this week.

Kimbugwe revealed that two geothermal wells had been undergoing testing for some time, “Both wells are producing just about 1.5 megawatts…” and that be a third well will be drilled.

Geothermal advisor to the Government of Montserrat, Mike Allen and Consultant Paul Brophy, president of EGS, Inc. and the president-elect of the GRC, met with the local Geothermal Steering Committee to provide an update on the process which has been achieved to date.

Mike Allen reported “..... we are going to drill a third well and the team has been on the island here, the team from EGS, from Capuano Engineering, from Oakland University and myself and we have been reviewing the location for the third well, that still has to be finally confirmed but the general agreement is to the target for that and the confirmation should be within the next ten day or so."

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