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Work to start on permanent closure of geothermal borehole in Basel, Switzerland

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Work to start on permanent closure of geothermal borehole in Basel, Switzerland
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Energy company Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) will soon be starting the work to permanently close the geothermal borehole in Basel, Switzerland. A re-entry and evaluation will first be done to evaluate how the well will be decommissioned and sealed.
The geothermal borehole referred to here was at the center of the induced seismicity incident that happened in Basel in the winter of 2006/2007. After triggering a 3.4-magnitude earthquake in December 2006 and more than 200 seismic events in the foll

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