We should be so luckyTHE GIST
Molten rock unexpectedly seeped into a geothermal well.
Instead of ruining the well, the magma produced super-heated steam that had three times the energy of conventional wells.
The magma well could serve as a model for future drilling projects.
“We were months behind schedule and really frustrated by all of the drilling problems. Then we suddenly have this major discovery,” UC Davis geology professor and researcher Robert Zierenberg said.