Highlights

06.07.2018

Oman Sampling Party onboard drilling vessel Chikyu

In the next two months the cores taken during Phase II of the Oman Drilling Project will be described and analyzed onboard Chikyu. The scientists work in groups - the igneous, alteration, structural, geochemistry, physical...

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07.06.2018

Marco Bohnhoff

Marco Bohnhoff is Professor for Experimental and Borehole Seismology and head of GFZ-section 4.2 'Geomechanics and Rheology'. He brings ICDP experience through his role as PI in various ICDP projects (GONAF, Koyna, STAR). 

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29.05.2018

ICDP Executive Committee Meeting in China

The Executive Committee discusses about 12 Full Proposals, seven Workshop Proposals and one Pre-Proposal submitted by January 15, 2018. Workshop Proposals will be decided on by the EC, while Full Proposals will be decided on by...

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28.02.2018

Oman Drilling

The final core of OmanDP Phase 2

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16.02.2018

Oman Drilling

first core from site BA4A

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20.12.2017

ICDP Image Video

The ICDP Image Video is now online

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14.10.2017

ICDP Post-Operations International Workshop

This post-operation workshop in Pune, India highlights the achivements of the Koyna Pilot Hole drilling and discusses opportunities for future deep drilling at Koyna, a world-class site for studying reservoir-triggered...

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01.09.2017

New milestone in Songliao Drilling

SK-II completed its stage IV (216mm diameter) last November at the depth of 5922.58m and after a long winter shutdown, started its final stage V (152mm diameter) on 4th May, 2017. As at the hole bottom, the temperature rises to...

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17.05.2017

Hydrofrac tests in the Koyna pilot hole

The tests were carried out by a team comprising experts from Mesy-Solexperts and scientists from the Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL). The tests, made in the granitic basement, are the first of it's kind in the...

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01.05.2017

EGU 2017

EGU 2018 will take place April 8-13 in Vienna - we are looking forward seeing you there!

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27.04.2017

Important Transition at ICDP

Left: Brian Horsfield. Right: Axel Liebscher

As Chair of the ICDP Assembly of Governors, I have the bittersweet task of announcing the retirement of Brian Horsfield, who has ably served as the Chair of ICDP’s Executive Committee for the past six years. During Brian’s...

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27.03.2017

SAG Meeting in Bern

Group Photo Further evaluation at the Executive Committee meeting in June 5-6.

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20.11.2016

DeepChalla

East Africa

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03.11.2016

DeepCHALLA

Drilling successfully completed with 225 m of drilled core

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30.08.2016

India renewed membership

MoU between University of Earth Sciences, India and GFZ Potsdam signed on August 30.

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04.01.2016

20 Years of ICDP

The Union Symposium Speakers

Deep Geofluids: the bringers of change

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Hydrofrac tests in the Koyna pilot hole

The tests were carried out by a team comprising experts from Mesy-Solexperts and scientists from the Borehole Geophysics Research Laboratory (BGRL). The tests, made in the granitic basement, are the first of it's kind in the Koyna region. 

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