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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth

This dataset covers work that investigated the apparent toughness anisotropy at Utah FORGE by comparing microseismic data with stress profiles from field measurements. The study analyzes the hydraulic fracture growth of Stage 3 at Well 16A(78)-32 using MEQ data, calibrating a nume...

Cusini, M. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 30, 2025
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Microseismic Monitoring

The U.S. Department of Energy's Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Collab project aims to improve our understanding of hydraulic stimulations in crystalline rock for enhanced geothermal energy production through execution of intensely monitored meso-scale experiments. The first expe...

Schoenball, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jul 29, 2019
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Connecting In Situ Stress and Wellbore Deviation to Near-Well Fracture Complexity using Phase-Field Simulations

This report presents a series of numerical experiments investigating the relationships among near-well fracture complexity, in situ stress conditions, and wellbore deviation. Using a phase-field modeling approach, the study explores how factors such as stress regimes, wellbore ori...

Cusini, M. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 30, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Fault Shear Reactivation Experimental Data for Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment

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...

Roseboom, M. et al Pennsylvania State University

Nov 07, 2023
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Subsurface Characterization and Machine Learning Predictions at Brady Hot Springs Results

Geothermal power plants typically show decreasing heat and power production rates over time. Mitigation strategies include optimizing the management of existing wells increasing or decreasing the fluid flow rates across the wells and drilling new wells at appropriate locations. Th...

Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 20, 2021
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Utah FORGE: Laboratory Data for Emergent Pore Pressure Heterogeneity Controlling Slip Timing and Microseismicity

Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that explore the effects of pore pressure heterogeneity on microseismic character and fault slip timing resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical and acoustic data from 15 experiments are i...

Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University

Mar 02, 2026
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Utah FORGE: Triggered DAS and Continuous Downhole Geophone Data from April 2024 Stimulations

This dataset contains distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and downhole geophone data collected during the April 2024 stimulation experiments at the Utah FORGE site. DAS data were acquired from well 16B(78)-32 by Neubrex and processed by GeoEnergie Suisse (GES), covering the period ...

Dyer, B. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Apr 01, 2024
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Utah FORGE: Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment from Laboratory Fault Reactivation Experiments

This dataset contains experimental and acoustic data from shear reactivation tests that investigate the relationship between fluid-injection rate, pore pressure distribution, and seismic moment during laboratory fault slip. It includes raw mechanical data and acoustic emission rec...

Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University

Sep 16, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Fault Reactivation Through Fluid Injection Induced Seismicity Laboratory Experiments

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...

Yu, J. et al Pennsylvania State University

Jul 01, 2023
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