Iceland Deep Drilling Project 1
Project Acronym: IDDP-1 | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5029
The main purpose of the IDDP project was to find out if it is economically feasible to extract energy and chemicals out of hydrothermal systems at supercritical conditions. To study the supercritical hydrous fluid, an advanced drilling technology needed to be applied and a novel fluid handling and evaluation system was designed.
Information on phase 2 is available here.
The findings of IDDP inspired the idea of controlled drilling into the magma and sampling, as planned by KMT.
Keywords: Europe, Iceland, Geothermy, Native Hydrogen, Natural Resources, Rifting, Supercritical Fluids, Thermal Regimes
Cores are stored at Iceland GeoSurvey
Project Management
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Project Details IDDP-2
Project Description
- Title:
- A Workshop to plan drilling a 5 km deep well into the root zone of an analog to a black smoker on land at Reykjanes, Iceland (IDDP)
- Proposed in:
- 2012
- Current State:
- Workshop Held
- Proposal abstract:
- n.a.
- Geologic age:
- Mesozoic to Cenozoic
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- 3(4) 2017-Jan-19
- Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered, length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered length / Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered / Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Location
- Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, Reykjanes, Iceland
- Coordinates
- 64.0000, -23.0000
- Status
- Workshop Held
Project Details IDDP
Project Description
- Title:
- Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP)
- Proposed in:
- 2005
- Current State:
- Completed
- Proposal abstract:
- n.a.
- Geologic age:
- Mesozoic to Cenozoic
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- n.a.
- Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered, length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered length / Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered / Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Expedition #
- 5029
- Location
- Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Iceland, Reykjanes, Hellisheidi, Iceland
- Coordinates
- 66.0000, -17.0000
- Status
- Completed
Project Location
Project Timeline
Drilling IDDP-1
19 June 2008 - 8 July 2009
Full Proposal IDDP-1 Approved
First Full Proposal Submitted
Workshop 2 Held
11 - 17 October 2002 in Nesjavellir, Iceland
Workshop 1 Held
17 - 19 March 2002 in Nesjavellir, Iceland
Workshop Proposal IDDP-1 Approved
ICDP workshop: "Startup Meeting"
22 - 27 June 2001 in Reykjavik, Iceland
Preliminary Proposal Submitted
Founding of IDDP
IDDP was founded by a consortium of three Icelandic energy companies and the National Energy Authority of Iceland.