Drilling on Land

Truck mounted Drill Rig

Cores in boxes

Herrenknecht Rig

Major geoscientific drillings on land are coordinated and financed by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP). The primary research topics are climate changes, earthquakes and fault zones, volcanic systems, mantle plume, meteorites, the geobiosphere, collision zones, and raw materials and resources.
Contact: Dr. U. Harms

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam as well as the Federal Institute for Geosciences (BGR) and the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), both in Hanover, are outstanding in scientific drilling and drilling related research, for example in studying the storage of carbon-dioxide and the quest for geothermal energy.
Contact: Prof. Dr. U. Yaramanci

The German Research Centre for Geosciences has established an Operational Support Group (OSG) that renders assistance in operational, applicational and technical support.
Contact: Dr. U. Harms

InnovaRig, the new deep drill rig of the GFZ, is designed specially for scientific drilling.
Contact: B. Prevedel

The continents are the base of human life. The climate history, the emergence of land masses, the formation of mountains, volcanism, earthquakes, and meteorites as well as the formation of raw materials and energy resources can often only be understood by drilling