What happened

Re Enerji Yatırım Üretim ve Tic. A.Ş. is planning a geothermal resource search in Burgaz neighbourhood in the Selçuk district of İzmir. The proposed activity relates to an area identified as access number 3290482 and licence number 2012-30.

The company intends to open three exploratory boreholes. Their purpose is to establish whether geothermal resources are present below ground at the site. If drilling identifies a resource, the investigation is intended to determine its temperature, quantity and characteristics.

The proposal is therefore for exploration work, with the boreholes serving as the means of evaluating the subsurface conditions. The available information identifies three planned wells, rather than an operating geothermal facility or a confirmed usable resource.

Why it matters

Geothermal development depends on site-specific evidence. In this case, the drilling programme is designed to supply that evidence by testing for a resource and describing key features should one be encountered. Temperature, quantity and other characteristics would be assessed before suitability for use is considered.

The results are also intended to support a subsequent decision on the wells’ purpose. That makes the work a preliminary assessment stage: it will determine whether the resource can be used and help establish what role the boreholes may have later.

For organisations monitoring geothermal activity in İzmir, the next material development will be the outcome of the exploration work. Until those results are available, the evidence supports a planned resource search at the Burgaz site, not a conclusion on the presence or usability of geothermal resources.

Project details

  • Company: Re Enerji Yatırım Üretim ve Tic. A.Ş.
  • Location: Burgaz neighbourhood, Selçuk district, İzmir.
  • Area references: Access number 3290482; licence number 2012-30.
  • Planned activity: Three geothermal exploration boreholes.
  • Assessment scope: Presence of a resource, followed by its temperature, quantity and characteristics if found.

Enerji Günlüğü reported the planned exploration activity.