KenGen has completed the drilling of seven geothermal wells in Ethiopia.
KenGen, a Kenyan power generation company, has finished drilling seven geothermal wells in Ethiopia, four of which are at the Aluto-Langano site and three at Tule Moye.
According to Business Daily, KenGen won a Sh7.6 billion ($65.6 million) joint contract with Kerui Petroleum Equipment Company and Shandong Kerui Oilfield Service Group in February 2019 to supply geothermal drilling services to the state-owned Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP).
The Aluto-Langano project got underway in July. In November, the company finished drilling the second well, which became Ethiopia’s deepest geothermal well, reaching a depth of 3,000 meters.
“This is [now] the second 3,000-meter well we’ve drilled in Ethiopia, and I must commend our teams on the ground for successfully meeting expectations despite the threats of Covid-19 and the security situation in Ethiopia at the time of project implementation,” KenGen CEO Rebecca Miano said.
According to Business Daily, the Aluto-Langano project was supposed to drill eight wells. Miano estimates that the remaining wells will be completed in the coming weeks.
“We have now started drilling the fifth geothermal well under the EEP project in Aluto-Langano, and we expect to finish in a fortnight,” she said.
The project is part of KenGen’s strategy to diversify across Africa. According to the company, it is looking for new revenue sources in Africa through commercial drilling, geothermal consulting, and related services.
