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Far-Field Stress Predictions for Utah FORGE Well 16B(78)-32 Under Thermal and Pore Pressure Variations

Report documenting completion of Milestones 4.2.2 and 4.3.1 of Utah FORGE Project 2-2439v2: A Multi-Component Approach to Characterizing In-Situ Stress at the U.S. DOE FORGE EGS Site: Laboratory, Modeling and Field Measurement We report (1) the far-field stress predictions at fiv...

Lu, G. et al University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

Jun 05, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Phase 2C Seismic Observation and Ground Water Well Data and Well Locations

This submission contains the following data associated with Utah FORGE Phase 2C within the Roosevelt Hot Springs geothermal area: An ArcGIS shapefile with well locations for wells 58-32, 78-32, 68-32, OH-3, OH-4, WOW-2, and WOW-3. Well 58-32 is the deep test well, wells 68-32 an...

Abraham, S. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Mar 26, 2019
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Hotspot Project: The Snake River Geothermal Drilling Project Initial Report

The Snake River volcanic province (SRP) overlies a thermal anomaly that extends deep into the mantle; it represents one of the highest heat flow provinces in North America. The primary goal of this project is to evaluate geothermal potential in three distinct settings: (1) Kimama ...

Shervais, J. et al Utah State University

Jan 01, 2012
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Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir

Plugging of fracture porosity from mineral precipitation due to injecting cold water into a a geothermal reservoir can impact the overall permeability of the fracture network in the reservoir. This can have serious ramifications on the efficiency of the geothermal resource. Geoche...

Patil, V. and Simmons, S. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Apr 03, 2019
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Acquisition and Processing of a Detailed Aeromagnetic Survey Glass Buttes, Oregon

Using an ultra-light aircraft, a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey was carried out over Ormat Nevada's Glass Buttes project area in Oregon. Survey operations were completed on May 25, 2010. Average terrain clearance was 223 meters from the sensor. A total of 1,352 line-miles o...

Akerley, J. Ormat Nevada Inc

May 27, 2010
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Techno-Economic Assessment for Integrating Biosorption into Rare Earth Recovery Process

The current uncertainty in the global supply of rare earth elements (REEs) necessitates the development of novel extraction technologies that utilize a variety of REE source materials. Herein, we examined the techno-economic performance of integrating a biosorption approach into a...

Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Oct 09, 2017
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Utah FORGE 3-2417: Pulsed Interference Tests at Wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 September 2024

This archive contains data and a report from Pulse Interference Tests (PITs), which were conducted on September 4, 2024, immediately following a 30-day recirculation test at the Utah FORGE site. Injection and backflow were induced in well 16A(78)-32 while pressures were measured i...

W Becker, M. et al Rice University

Mar 18, 2025
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Environmental Impact Calculations for Geothermal DDU system on WVU Campus

This dataset contains all the inputs used and output produced from Matlab for the environmental analysis of an improved hybrid geothermal district heating and cooling (GDHC) system with a heat pump, without a heat pump, and for a hot water GDHC. Detailed descriptions of the conten...

Garapati, N. et al West Virginia University

Mar 18, 2020
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Newberry EGS Demonstration: Well 55-29 Stimulation Data

The Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration in central Oregon, a 3 year project started in 2010, tests recent technological advances designed to reduce the cost of power generated by EGS in a hot, dry well (NWG 55-29) drilled in 2008. First, the stimulation pumps used were designed to ...

T., T. AltaRock Energy Inc

Dec 08, 2012
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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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Calculation Tool for Transported Geothermal Energy Using Two-Step Absorption Process

This spreadsheet allows the user to calculate parameters relevant to techno-economic performance of a two-step absorption process to transport low temperature geothermal heat some distance (1-20 miles) for use in building air conditioning. The parameters included are (1) energy de...

Liu, X. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Feb 01, 2016
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G-Function Library for Modeling Vertical Bore Ground Heat Exchanger

This library contains g-functions (thermal response functions) for standard, regularly spaced vertical borehole ground heat exchangers. In total, it contains 34, 321 configurations. To permit interpolation, each configuration has g-functions for heights of 24, 48, 96, 192, and 384...

Spitler, J. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jun 30, 2021
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Utah FORGE 3-2535: Numerical Modeling of Energized Steel-Casing Source for Imaging Stimulated Zone

This short report details and tests the workflow that will be used to simulate steel well casings in deviated production/extraction boreholes at at the Utah FORGE site. Boreholes will be electrically energized and will serve as data sources for future proposed electromagnetic bore...

Um, E. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nov 15, 2022
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Reservoir Stimulation Optimization with Operational Monitoring for Creation of EGS

EGS field projects have not sustained production at rates greater than 1/2 of what is needed for economic viability. The primary limitation that makes commercial EGS infeasible is our current inability to cost-effectively create high-permeability reservoirs from impermeable, igneo...

A., C. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sep 15, 2014
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Technology Development and Field Trials of EGS Drilling Systems at Chocolate Mountain

Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits are routinely used in the oil and gas industry for drilling medium to hard rock but have not been adopted for geothermal drilling, largely due to past reliability issues and higher purchase costs. The Sandia Geothermal Research Departmen...

Knudsen, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Jan 01, 2012
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DCIF (Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing) Westerly Granite AE Borehole Damage Effect Test (Task 3-0)

Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) experiments were conducted on three rectangular Westerly granite blocks (width=depth=4.0", height=2.0") which were preheated to 200, 400, and 600 degree C to induce damage (microcracks) with varying degrees. Liquid nitrogen was poured...

Nakagawa, S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jan 27, 2022
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Newberry EGS Demonstration: Repairing and Re-Stimulating Well 55-29 Report

The Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration in central Oregon, a 5 year project begun in 2010, tests recent technological advances designed to reduce the cost of power generated by EGS in a hot, dry well (NWG 55-29) drilled in 2008. First, the stimulation pumps used were designed to ru...

Cladouhos, T. et al AltaRock Energy Inc

Jul 03, 2015
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Active Source 3D Seismic Tomography of Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Field, Nevada

We deployed a dense seismic array to image the shallow structure in the injection area of the Brady Hot Springs geothermal site in Nevada. The array was composed of 238 5 Hz, three-component nodal instruments and 8,700 m of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fiber-optic cable inst...

Parker, L. University of Wisconsin

Aug 09, 2017
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Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Economic Analysis using GEOPHIRES for West Virginia University

This dataset contains all the inputs used and output produced from the modified GEOPHIRES for the economic analysis of base case hybrid GDHC system, improved hybrid GDHC system with heat pump and for hot water GDHC. Software required: Microsoft Notepad, Microsoft Excel and GEOPHI...

Garapati, N. West Virginia University

Jan 09, 2020
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Play Fairway Analysis of the Snake River Plain, Idaho: Final Report

This submission includes the final project report of the Snake River Plain Play Fairway Analysis project as well as a separate appendix for the final report. The final report outlines the application of Play Fairway Analysis (PFA) to geothermal exploration, specifically within the...

Shervais, J. et al Utah State University

Feb 19, 2021
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Updated U.S. Low-Temperature Heating and Cooling Demand by County and Sector

This dataset includes U.S. low-temperature heating and cooling demand at the county level in major end-use sectors: residential, commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, and data centers. Census division-level end-use energy consumption, expenditure, and commissioned power databas...

Oh, H. and Beckers, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 31, 2022
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Update on Geothermal Direct-Use Installations in the United States

An updated database of geothermal direct-use systems in the U.S. has been compiled and analyzed, building upon the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) Geo-Heat Center direct-use database. Types of direct-use applications examined include hot springs resorts and pools, aquaculture...

Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 02, 2017
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DEEPEN: Final 3D PFA Favorability Models and 2D Favorability Maps at Newberry Volcano

Part of the DEEPEN (DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments) project involved developing and testing a methodology for a 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) for multiple play types (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical). This was tested...

Taverna, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 24, 2024
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Utah FORGE 3-2535: Modeling Studies of Energized Steel-Casing Source EM Method for Detecting Stimulated Zone

Numerical modeling Studies for electromagnetic (EM) Data Acquisition Survey Design this milestone report describes the 3D modeling studies of energized steel-casing source electromagnetic method for detecting stimulated zone at the Utah FORGE Site. FORGE project 3-2535 is planning...