Full steam ahead at Nevis geothermal reservoir

High temperatures and adequate steam from Nevis’ geothermal reservoir has project developers elated, with testing completed and production well drilling expected to commence this summer. On March 16, 2018, Robert Stacy, Senior Reservoir Engineer at GeothermEX shared that the resource is promising. “[There are] high temperatures down at resource at commercial grades to produce power,” he said. “Right now we are preparing to go in and measure those to quantify how much resource it is and how best to develop the resource here.” As of Monday March 19, 2018, the tests results at Hamilton continue to hold steady with surface reading temperatures of 255 degrees Fahrenheit; steam temperatures of 411 degrees and well temperature readings of over 400 degrees.

An elated Mr. Bruce Cutright, Chief Executive Office of NREI says they have waited, on behalf of the people of Nevis for five years to get to the well testing stage. He described the project as a difficult but a rewarding one.“It has been a tough project to work on. We know that the people of Nevis have been waiting 10 years to see this flow rate that is behind us. This will transform the island. This is the most exciting test that you could imagine. You could see the steam behind us is flowing at a rate which demonstrates to us that this is a commercial scale geothermal reservoir that is beneath the island of Nevis. This will supply the electrical energy needs for the entire island,” he said.

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