Western GeoPower Corp (TSX-V: WGP.V) (FRANKFURT: WE6.F), a renewable energy company, said on 22 April that independent consultants GeothermEx Inc have recommended a drilling programme at the South Meager geothermal reservoir in British Columbia, Canada, to target a recently-identified zone of high permeability which has demonstrated commercial potential.
According to results of airlift-assisted flow-testing of well MC-8, the consultants projected that a new deviated well starting from a lower wellhead elevation into the same permeable zone and at a much shorter vertical depth than well MC-8 would flow at the equivalent of more than 6 megawatts (MW) of electrical energy.
In addition, the consultants have designed a deviated well starting from the valley floor with a projected true vertical depth of 1,660 metres and a total wellbore length of less than 2,000 metres to access the zone of permeability. The well could flow at the equivalent of 6.4 MW of electrical output at a wellhead pressure of 140 psig.
