New geothermal wells to be drilled for thermal tourism in Tokat, Türkiye
Panorama of Tokat in Turkiye (source: Lubunya, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Carlo Cariaga
28 Sep 2023
Drilling activities for thermal tourism in the Tokat Province in Türkiye continue after previously drilled wells had decreased in efficiency.
The Tokat Governorship Special Provincial Administration has announced that geothermal drilling will continue in the Sulusaray District in Tokat, Türkiye. This was initiated because of the decrease in efficiency or productivity of the six previously drilled wells.
It is planned to increase the number of active wells by searching for geothermal resources in the geothermal resource operating license numbered 2008/04 in Sulusaray district. Due to the decrease in the efficiency of the previously drilled wells, another borehole will be drilled in the area where Ilicak thermal springs are located. The cost of this drilling is estimated to be approximately 6 million TL (approx. USD 219,000).
In order to reach the new geothermal resource, work continues uninterruptedly under the supervision of MTA personnel and Special Provincial Administration technical personnel in accordance with drilling techniques.
JeotermalHaberler had previously reported on the planned drilling operations in the Sulusaray district of Tokat Province for thermal tourism. The Ministry approved the Authority’s application for geothermal resource exploration drilling of three wells and published the decision that EIA is not required.
For the new wells, the plan is to drilling to a depth of 600 meters in the drilling using a rotary drilling method. Once the geothermal resource is reached and the resource properties (temperature, pressure, flow rate and geochemical properties, etc.) are determined, the resource will be put at the service of Tokat to be used in the thermal tourism sector.
Source: Tokat Special Provincial Administration via our Turkish language platform JeotermalHaberler
