Code of Practice

The African Union Code of Practice for Geothermal Drilling Source: African Union's Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit

In May 2016, BGR has published the “African Union Code of Practice for Geothermal Drilling” for the Regional Geothermal Coordination Unit RGCU of the Energy Department of the African Union Commission. The Code has been launched during the 4^th GRMF Donors Coordination Meeting on June 13^th and 14^th 2016 in Addis Ababa. The technical handbook advices on how to handle with deep geothermal drilling, focusing on safety, health and environmental issues during the exploration, development, exploitation and closing phase of geothermal drilling. It provides an overview on existing standards for the oil-, gas- and geothermal industry, followed by advices on the setup of drilling sites, drilling and installation of boreholes, equipment, borehole logging, measures during the exploitation and backfilling after closure, criteria for monitoring and documentation. The Code shall be a binding standard for developers applying with geothermal projects for funds at the Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility GRMF and it shall serve as reference for financing and accountability for Investors, drilling companies, Assurances and Energy Supply Companies. The code is available at the AUC website.