Signing in Reykjavik. Front row, Sigurdur Sigurdsson CEO IDC, Gunnar Örn Gunnarsson COO RG and standing are from left, Garðar Sigurjónsson Project Manager IDC, Vilhjálmur Gudmundsson Director Business Development IDC, and Thorleifur Finnson, Project Manager SVGCL. 29th of November 2018 St. Vincent Geothermal Company Limited (SVGCL) and Jardboranir hf. (Icelandic Drilling Company, IDC) have today, […]
Continue readingIceland Drilling NZ and Ngawha Generation Limited sign contract for Ngawha Expansion project.
From the signing ceremony, left Gunnlaugur Sigurdsson from Iceland Drilling NZ and to the right Russel Shaw CEO Top Energy. January 2018 Ngawha Generation Limited and Iceland Drilling NZ have started collaboration on a new drilling project in Ngawha, New Zealand, and an agreement to that effect was signed on the 21st of December 2017 […]
Continue readingIceland Drilling starts new geothermal drilling in Hellisheiði, Iceland
Iceland Drilling have mobilized their High-Tec drilling rig Bentec ER-350 to Hellisheidi area in Iceland and started drilling new additional geothermal wells for the company ON Power (ON). November 2017 The contract which was signed in end of May this year involves the drilling of a total 7 firm wells and 3 optional wells. The […]
Continue readingIceland Drilling signs new drilling contract in Djibouti
June 2017 Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) has completed an agreement with Iceland Drilling Company (IDC) for geothermal drilling works in the Fiale Caldera area within the Lake Asal region of Djibouti. The geothermal area is 100 KM west of Djibouti city. The drilling contract was signed on the 21st of May 2017.The project involves the […]
Continue readingMeet us at GEOLAC, Mexico April 25-27
March:2017 Iceland Drilling Company (IDC) will be participating at the upcoming Geothermal Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEOLAC). If you will attend GEOLAC as well, we would greatly appreciate the opportunity to meet with you during the conference. It would be interesting to learn about your current activities and future plans in the […]
Continue readingIceland Drilling completes IDDP-2 well at Reykjanes
A significant milestone has been reached in the IDDP-2 Project at the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland as drilling was completed in mid-January at 4,650 meter depth. All of the initial targets were reached. These targets were to drill deep, extract drilling cores, measure the temperature and search for permeability. Temperature at the bottom of the […]
Continue readingHS-Orka, Statoil, IDC and other Icelandic partners drill the world’s hottest geothermal well.
IDDP (Iceland Deep Drilling Project) is the name of a scientific project which started in the year 2000. The first well was drilled in in Reykjanes by HS-Orka, 2004-2005 but the well had to be abandoned in 2006. Following that it was decided to move to another drilling field, Krafla in northern Iceland in the […]
Continue readingDrilling Project Starting in Montserrat
Iceland Drilling Company negotiates for a new geothermal drilling project in Montserrat Drilling Project Starting in Montserrat Iceland Drilling Company has reached an agreement with DFID (Department for International Development) for a geothermal drilling project in the Caribbean Island, Montserrat. The drilling contract was signed on 8th of April 2016. The project involves drilling the […]
Continue readingLandsvirkjun og Jarðboranir hf. undirrita samning um boranir á Norðausturlandi
Landsvirkjun og Jarðboranir hf. hafa undirritað verksamning um borun allt að 10 gufuhola á Norðausturlandi. Verkið kemur einkum til vegna gufuöflunar fyrir 2. áfanga Þeistareykjavirkjunar, en til stendur að taka hann í notkun á 2. ársfjórðungi 2018. Á Þeistareykjum er tiltækt gufuafl í núverandi borholum sem jafngildir ríflega 50 MW rafafls og nægir það fyrir […]
Continue readingVistvænn Þór borar eftir orku á Reykjanesi
HS Orka hf. og Jarðboranir hf. hafa undirritað verksamning um boranir vegna gufuöflunar fyrir jarðvarmavirkjanir HS Orku á Reykjanesi. Samningurinn tekur til borunar á þremur borholum með möguleika á fimm holum til viðbótar. Að undangenginni verðkönnun sem HS Orka réðst í reyndist tilboð Jarðborana hagstæðast, því var ákveðið að ganga til samninga við fyrirtækið um […]
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