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Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 2022 Stimulation Microseismic Report

Sep 26, 2022
18.94 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a Utah FORGE well 16A(78)-32 stimulation microseismic detection and event location report from Silixa LLC. The report covers the digital acoustic sensing (DAS) data acquisition and analysis used to study microseismic events during the April, 2022 stimulations at well 16A(7...
Authors
LLC, S. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgewell 16a78-32well 16amicroseismicitywell 16a78-32 stimulationwell 16a78-32 microseismicitywell stimulationsilixasilixa reportseismic monitoringmonitoringstimulationegsforgereportdetectionlocationeventgeophysicsdigital acoustic sensingdas

Utah FORGE 3-2418: Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection 2024 Annual Workshop Presentation

Sep 13, 2024
69.4 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a presentation on the Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection by Stanford University and Sandia National Laboratory, presented by Roland Horde. This is a video presentation on wells, both before and after stimulation, using chloride or other ions to map fractures ...
Authors
Horne, R. and Schneider, M. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgestanford universitystanfordstimulationfracturesfracingsewer camflow magnitudeschloridechloride concentrationion concetrationfracture networkpresentationvideoegs

Utah FORGE 3-2418: Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection Measurements 2023 Annual Workshop Presentation

Sep 08, 2023
75.16 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a presentation on the Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection Measurements project by Stanford University, presented by Dr. Roland N. Horne. The project's objective was to make measurements in the Utah FORGE wells, both before and after fracturing experiments, to...
Authors
Horne, R. and Su, J. Stanford University
geothermalenergyannual workshop2023utah forgeegsgeochemistrychloridefracture mappingflow monitoringreservoir characterizationion-specific electrodereservoir performanceconnectivityinflow detectionfracture imaging

Utah FORGE 3-2418: Final Report on Wellbore Fracture Imaging Using Inflow Detection Measurements

Aug 22, 2025
31.96 MB
Publicly accessible
This report contains the results of research conducted to make measurements in the FORGE wells to map flowing fractures and estimate their flow magnitudes in real time. Implementation of the project had two substantial goals: (1) to locate flowing fractures at FORGE and estimate t...
Authors
Horne, R. Stanford University
geothermalenergyutah forgewellbore fracturesfracture mappinginflow detectionfluid enthalpyfracture networkflow magnitudeflow ratechemical detectorelectrochemical detectorstanford universitystanfordfinal reporttechnical report

Utah FORGE: Mineral Mountains West Fault System Report

Jul 01, 2019
25.06 MB
Publicly accessible
This archive contains a report on the Mineral Mountains West fault system as part of phase 2C and the evidence for the northern terminus of this structure. Geologic field mapping, reprocessing of 3D seismic reflection data, and soil gas surveys contributed to this effort.
Authors
Simmons, S. and Miller, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergymineral mountainsutah forge phase 2cutah forgegeologic structurefaultsutah forge faultsmineral mountains west fault systemnorth milford valleyutahstructural geologysoil gas geochemistryphase 2c3d seismicgeochemicalgeophysicalgeologicalseismic reflectionfaultwell 58-32hydrothermal fluid flowhydrothermalco2 fluxhelium isotopessoil gasfault mappingsurface mappinggeomorphic analysisstratigraphyforgeegsroosevelt hot springsmilfordgeologygeophysicsgeochemistryseismic

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Fault Reactivation and Permeability Evolution During Fluid Injection

Sep 15, 2025
182.35 GB
Publicly accessible
This dataset contains results from controlled shear reactivation experiments performed on cylindrical Westerly and granitoid granite samples with a single inclined fracture. Laboratory faults were pre-loaded near failure and reactivated by fluid injection to examine relationships ...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityutah forgewesterly granitegranitoidpermeabilityshear stimulationegsfault reactivationfluid injectionpermeability evolutionseismicityacoustic emissionssingle inclined fractureshear stresspore pressuretriaxial testingmechanical datageomechanicsraw dataprocessed dataacoustic data

Utah FORGE 3-2417: DAS Microseismic Event Catalog from the 16A/16B Circulation Test, 2023

Jun 12, 2024
2.41 MB
Publicly accessible
This preliminary data archive includes the relocated microseismic event catalog, 1D velocity model, and methods report from DAS acquisition conducted during the Well 16A and 16B circulation test (July 19th and 20th, 2023) at Utah FORGE. The methods report describes all processing ...
Authors
Vera Rodriguez, I. et al Rice University
geothermalenergyforgeutah forgeegsenhanced geothermaldasdistributed acoustic sensingmicroseismicevent catalogevent detectionfogmoreinversiongeophysicsreal-time16a16bcirculation testconnectivitymethodsrelocationhierarchical clusteringprocessed data

Utah FORGE: Chemical-Based Tool Deployment Data for Inflow Detection at Wells 58-32 and 16B(78)-32 Summer 2024 Circulation Test

Mar 31, 2025
57.32 MB
Publicly accessible
This dataset comprises field logging data collected during chemical-based tool deployments at the Utah FORGE geothermal site, specifically at monitoring well 58-32 and production well 16B(78)-32. Data acquisition occurred during the Summer 2024 circulation testing campaign, with t...
Authors
Sausan, S. et al Stanford University
geothermalenergychloridechemical toolwirelineutah forgeisegeothermal loggingchloride sensorion-selective electrodeinflow detection58-3216b78-32chemical logging toolpoohpull out of holerihrun in holehigh-temperature toolcirculation testpressure-temperature-depthfield logging dataelectrochemicalchloride concentrationfracture characterizationreservoir charecterizationraw dataprocessed datatechnical reportvisualizations

Utah FORGE: Earth Model Mesh Data for Selected Surfaces

Dec 07, 2018
20.83 MB
Publicly accessible
This submission contains a number of data files with vertices of meshed/interpolated surfaces used in the Phase 2B earth model. Examples include land surface (based on 10-meter DEM), the granitoid-basin fill contact, several faults, and also interpolated temperature isosurfaces f...
Authors
Podgorney, R. Idaho National Laboratory
geothermalenergystudent competitionearth modelforgeroosevelt hot springsutahdemdigital elevation modelgeospatial datacoordinateisosurfacefaultstructurestructuraldatalocationland surfacetemperatureopal moundnegro magegsmilfordenhanced geothermal systemutah forgemodelingmodellingmesh datagranitoidtoptopographygeologybasin fillresourcecharacterizationprocessed data

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Shear Experiments Linking Fault Roughness, Friction, Permeability, and P-Wave Characteristics

Aug 20, 2025
23.22 GB
Publicly accessible
This dataset contains results from five laboratory shear experiments on gneiss and granitoid samples from the Utah FORGE site, conducted at Penn State University. The experiments investigate links between fault surface roughness, frictional behavior, permeability, and P-wave acous...
Authors
Eijsink, A. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyfrictionroughnessutah forgeegslaboratory datamodeled datashear experimentsfault mechanicspermeabilityp-waveacoustic transmissivityfault roughnessrate-and-state frictionbiaxial deformationgneissgranitoidoptical profilometrykeyencersfit3000mechanical dataacoustic datafault zone propertiesgeomechanicsrock physicsgeothermal reservoir characterization

Utah FORGE: Slide-Hold-Slide Experiments on Westerly Granite at Temperatures up to 250 Degrees C

Oct 10, 2023
2.08 MB
Publicly accessible
Laboratory slide-hold-slide tests were conducted in a conventional triaxial deformation configuration on 1-inch diameter cylindrical cores of Westerly granite bisected by a sawcut oriented at 30 degrees from vertical. Tests were conducted at a constant confining pressure of 30 MPa...
Authors
Jeppson, T. et al United States Geological Survey
geothermalenergyslide-hold-slideutah forgeegstriaxialwesterly granitefault strengthfrictional strengthfault weakeninghydrothermalhydrothermal alterationearthquakesinduced seismicitystrength recoverygeophysicsgeomechanics

Utah FORGE 6-3712: Report on a Data Foundation for Real-Time Identification of Microseismic Events

Jan 21, 2025
971.63 kB
Publicly accessible
This submission is a technical report for the Probabilistic Estimation of Seismic Response Using Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Networks project. The report describes the process of extracting events from the borehole seismic sensors. To be effective once deployed, the process ...
Authors
Williams, J. et al Global Technology Connection, Inc.
geothermalenergyutah forgedata processingmachine learninginduced seismicitytechnical reportevent detectionmlartificial intelligenceaireal-timephysics informedrecurrent neural networksborehole seismicseismic datamicroseismicevent catalogmagnitude-frequency distributiongeophysicsegs

Utah FORGE: Faults, Fractures, and Lineaments in the Mineral Mountains

Mar 09, 2016
2.92 MB
Publicly accessible
This submission includes a shapefile of the Opal Mound Fault, and multiple datasets of lineaments mapped in the Mineral Mountains which overlook the Utah FORGE site, hyperlinked to rose diagrams in a polygon grid shapefile.
Authors
Moore, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalforgelineamentsfracturesfaultsutahmilfordopal moundlineamentfracturejointegsmineral mountainsfaultopalmoundshapefileshape filearcgisgeospatial datautah forgegeologystructuralroosevelt hot springsrose diagram

Utah FORGE 5-2557: Trixial Shear and Wellbore Breakout Tests Report and Data

Apr 19, 2023
2.96 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are a report and data from triaxial shear tests on simulated Sierra White fault gouge and a borehole stimulation experiment. This serves as a progress report for the Role of Fluid and Temperature in Fracture Mechanics and Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) P...
Authors
Choens, C. and Yoon, H. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyutah forgetriaxial shear testwellbore breakout testsierra white graniteegsenhanced geothermal system5-2557snlpurduesandia national laboratoriesborehole stimulationexperimental designraw databorehole breakoutfriction testgeomechanicsslip mechanismsaxial strain

Utah FORGE: Fault Reactivation Through Fluid Injection Induced Seismicity Laboratory Experiments

Jul 01, 2023
119.91 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are results from shear reactivation experiments on laboratory faults pre-loaded close to failure and reactivated by the injection of fluid into the fault. The sample comprises a single-inclined-fracture (SIF) transecting a cylindrical sample of Westerly granite. All expe...
Authors
Yu, J. et al Pennsylvania State University
energyinduced seismicityegsutah forgewesterly graniteraw datacodematlabfault activationinjection testpressureflow ratereactivationshearfluid

Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Cuttings X-Ray Diffraction Data

Apr 20, 2025
17.99 kB
Publicly accessible
X-ray diffraction (XRD) results from cuttings samples collected during drilling of Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32. The dataset includes XRD data for 77 samples taken between 3,120 and 10,977 feet measured depth (from the Kelly Bushing, 31 feet above ground level), with sampling interv...
Authors
Jones, C. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgewell 16bwell 16b78-32xrdx-rayx-ray diffractionmineralogymineralspetrographywell cuttings analysismineral abundancetrace mineralsweight percentsubsurface geologygeologyrock cuttingsmeasured depthkelly bushingprocessed dataegs

Utah FORGE 5-2419: Final Report and Presentation on Seismicity Permeability Relationships Probed via Nonlinear Acoustic Imaging

Sep 30, 2025
254.88 MB
Publicly accessible
This submission contains the final technical report and closeout presentation for Utah FORGE Project 5-2419, which investigates the coupled evolution of permeability and induced seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems using laboratory experiments, field observations, and nonline...
Authors
Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyutah forgeegspermeabilityinduced seismicitylaboratory experimentsfield observationsnonlinear acoustic imagingfault reactivationreservoir rockmicroearthquakestimulationphysics informed modelingmachine learningseismic momentstress statepermeability creationseismic hazardtechnical reportgeomechanicsgeophysicsmicroseismicity

Cape EGS: Frisco Pad Wells Flow Test Microseismic Data

Nov 06, 2024
136.79 GB
Awaiting release
This dataset contains microseismic data acquired during the Frisco pad flow test project led by Fervo Energy, conducted between July 17th Aug 12th 2024, near the Utah FORGE geothermal site. The microseismic data was collected from various Utah FORGE wells: via Distributed Acoustic...
Authors
Dadi, S. and Kanu, O. Fervo Energy
geothermalenergycape egsutah forgemicroseismicfriscodasdistributed acoustic sensing3cthree componentgeophone16bsta/ltasegyflow testegsmilfordutahmicroseismic eventevent detectiontestingdevelopmentreservoir engineering

Utah FORGE: Friction-Permeability-Seismicity Laboratory Experiments with Non-Linear Acoustics

Jul 08, 2022
7.68 MB
Publicly accessible
Laboratory experimental data on saw-cut interface of Westerly Granite and Utah Forge granitoid rocks. Experiments include velocity-stepping and fluid pressure stepping experiments. Mechanical data from 3 ISCO pumps connected to a Temco pressure vessel measure axial, confining and ...
Authors
Eijsink, A. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalutah forgefriction experimentsfault permeabilityutahacousticsnonlinear acousticsacoustic dataraw datapressurevelocitystep testtestfailuretesting

Utah FORGE 3-2417: DAS Microseismic Event and MT Catalog from the 16A/16B Circulation Test [Final, Relocated], 2023

May 19, 2025
1.34 MB
Publicly accessible
This data archive includes the relocated microseismic event catalog from distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) acquisition conducted during the 16A-16B circulation tests that took place in July 2023. These results update the catalog presented in GDR 1613 (the preliminary catalog, lin...
Authors
Vera Rodriguez, I. et al Rice University
geothermalenergyutah forgedasmicroseismicegsenhanced geothermalevent catalog16a16bcirculationcirculation testinversionseismic eventsevent detectionmtdistributed acoustic sensingprocessed datamicroseismic event catalogmeqfogmore

Utah FORGE: Development of Multi-Stage Fracturing System and Wellbore Tractor to Enable Zonal Isolation During Stimulation and EGS Operations in Horizontal Wellbores

Oct 05, 2022
4.59 MB
Publicly accessible
This paper discusses the progress on a project funded by the DOE Utah FORGE (Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy) for the development of a subsurface heat exchanger for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) using unique casing sleeves cemented in place and are used ...
Authors
Fleckenstein, W. et al Colorado School of Mines
geothermalenergycompletionsleevestractorheat modelegsutah forgestimulationfracturingwellbore technologieswellbore technologyheat exchangergeothermoptimalfracoptimal

Utah FORGE: Targeting Geothermal Resources with Geodetic Strain Data Paper

Oct 01, 2004
Size unavailable
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The paper linked below offers an initial assessment of a new method to target potential geothermal resources on the regional scale. The method is based on seeking relationships between geologic structures and geodetic observations of regional tectonic strain.
Authors
Blewitt, G. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalforgeutah forgestraingreat basin strainegsgeodetictensorsecond invariantgeodesynevadautahratecrustalgpsfaultorientationmagnitude

Utah FORGE: Fault Shear Reactivation Experimental Data for Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment

Nov 07, 2023
12.98 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that specifically explore the link between fluid-injection rate and seismic moment resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical data from three experiments are included alongside corresponding...
Authors
Roseboom, M. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityinjection rateegsseismic momentgeomechanicsgeophysicsutah forgeshearmatlabshear experimentsraw datacodecore experimenttemcoconfining pressurepore pressureaxial pressureshear displacementfracturealong-fault pressureconstant shear stress

Utah FORGE: 2024 Stress-Shadow Seismic Survey

May 29, 2026
Size unavailable
Publicly accessible
This dataset documents the FORGE 2024 stress-shadow seismic survey done in collaboration with the EarthScope Consortium. Original seismic waveform data are archived through EarthScope/NSF SAGE dataset 24-021. This GDR submission provides a link to the original EarthScope archive. ...
Authors
Dvory, N. and Deo, M. The University Of Utah
geothermalenergyoriginal seismic waveformutahseismic survey2024 stimulationmicroseismicityforgestress-shadowegswaveformmetadataraw data

Utah FORGE 2-2404: Application of Advanced Techniques for Determination of Reservoir-Scale Stress State 2024 Annual Workshop Presentation

Aug 28, 2024
83.22 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a presentation on the Application of Advanced Techniques for Determination of Reservoir-Scale Stress State at FORGE by the University of Oklahoma, presented by Ahmad Ghassemi. This video discusses how magnitude and orientation of natural in-situ principal stresses at dept...
Authors
Ghassemi, A. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgein-situ stressreservoir stress stateuniversity of oklahomadfitwellbore stressnormal-strike-slip faultgeomechanicscore testingvideopresentationegs
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