Netherlands: Two 9,000 Feet Wells To Be Drilled for Geothermal Resources

Huisman drills at home (reNews)

Contract for two geothermal wells from Wayland Energy in the Netherlands

Huisman’s LOC 400 drilling rig (Courtesy Huisman)

Dutch lifting specialist Huisman has won a contract from Wayland Energy to drill two geothermal wells in Bergschenhoek in the Netherlands.

The two wells will be drilled to depths of approximately 2500 and 2800 metres (9186 feet) using Huisman’s LOC 400 drilling rig.

Huisman said the rig has already been used on a geothermal project in the country to drill wells to depths of 2400 and 2700 metres in The Hague.
The rig is fully containerised and outfitted with an automated pipe-handler, the company added.

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