2. Djibouti location in the East African rift
- triple junction (30 My)
- rifting system
- volcanic / tectonic / seismic activity
- hydrothermal activity

3. 1970 – 1975
-Preliminary surface studies (SW) 1970-1975
-First 2 drillings in the Asal rift in 1975
1981 – 1990
-Geothermal prospects identification
-2 drillings in Hanlé plain
-4 drillings in Asal rift deep reservoir study
-Scaling and corrosion study on well Asal 3
-Asal rift shallow geothermal reservoir perspectives
PAST DJIBOUTI GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION

4. FIALE GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION PROJECT. DJIBOUTI
The Project is managed by Electricity of Djibouti EDD
Objectives of the Project
▪ Djibouti economic development and fight against poverty
▪ Electricity cost reduction to bolster the business environment and the
private sector, which is in line with the pillar, “accelerating sustainable
growth,” in the Bank’s MENA Regional Strategy
▪ Mitigate the effect of greenhouse gas emissions bearing in mind that
emissions in Djibouti account for only 0.045 percent of global emissions
and that the country is in fact a greenhouse gas sink
▪ Develop and implement adaptation measures to enable the country to
cope with the negative effects of climate change
Project Development Objective
Asses the commercial viability of the geothermal resource in Fiale Caldera
within the Lake Asal region; implementation of the first geothermal power
plant of 50 MW

5. FIALE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT FINANCING

6. Fiale project site
FIALE
GEOTHERMAL
PROJECT

7. Previous exploration data
4 km
0
100
200
300
400
10 15 20 25
Wt(ton/h)
Pwh (bar)
COURBE 1
(Aquater)
COURBE 2
(Aquater)
Asal 3 production
Asal 3 production curves
Sulphides scaling

8. Fiale Geothermal Project Activities
• 4 directional wells 2500 m
• Well test protocol
• Well testing
• Reservoir modeling
• Faisibility study
• IPP

9. MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT
Geothermal Consulting Company: GEOLOGICA
▪ Drilling program; Drilling supervision; Well tests; ESMP;
reservoir modeling; faisibility study-IPP
Drilling Service Company: Iceland Drilling Company
▪ 4 directional wells (vertical depth: 2500 m)
Civil Works
▪ 3 well pads; 5 km access road
▪ Conductor pipe and cellar
▪ Sea water pumping
▪ Living camp construction
Well test
▪ Equipment; measurement instruments; control
Steel materials
▪ Well heads; casings; accessories
Access road to well pads
Sump prepartion on well pad
Living camp

10. FIALE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT PLANNING
Geothermal Consulting Company
Project Director
Procédure Manual
ESMP
External Auditor
Civil Works
Civil Works extension
Steel - Bid and evaluation
Steel materials
Camp bid & evaluation
Camp construction
Conductor-cellar construction
Water line construction
Test equipment bid & evaluation
Test equipment construction
Third party control-bid
Sea water line
Thir party control
DSC - drilling - well 1, well 2 and well 3
Environment Auditor
Faisibility study
achieved in process planned activities
MAISEPT OCT NOV DEC AVRAUGSEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULJUL AUGSEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JULFEB MAR APR MAY JUN
2019
JAN FEV MAR
PROJET DE PRODUCTION DE L'ENERGIE GEOTHERMIQUE
Planning prévisionnel du projet - 18 juin 2017
2015 2016 2017 2018
AUGSEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN
▪ Start of drilling operations June 2018
▪ Faisibility study for the IPP April 2019

11. Thank you