May 2019, Potsdam, Germany During a working visit of King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima to Germany, TU Delft and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) signed a cooperation agreement on geothermal energy research. Following the signing ceremony, the King joined a discussion between Dutch and German experts on geothermal energy. Geertjan van Og, […]

May 2019, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands On the 8th of May WEP organized an internal high angle hole cleaning training. The training was given by WEP’s Operations manager Peter Hoving. Peter Hoving is an experienced all-round well Engineer with 30+ years Shell experience who has worked in the Netherlands, UK, Canada, and Kuwait. The training covered […]

May 2019, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands The IGA (International Geothermal Association) will soon be choosing a new main board. From the Netherlands, we nominate two candidates as Platform Geothermie (Dutch association for Geothermal Energy): Bob Harskamp (Well Engineering Partners) and Jelle Wielenga (Lloyds Register). Platform Geothermie is delighted that they have made themselves available. The IGA […]