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Coordinating Permit Offices and the Development of Utility-Scale Geothermal Energy

Sep 30, 2013
1.81 MB
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This study examines various forms of coordinating permit offices at the state and federal level in the western United States, discusses inefficiencies and mitigation techniques for permitting natural resource projects, analyzes whether various approaches are easily adaptable to ut...
Authors
Young, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergyutility-scalepower plantregulationpolicycoordinating permit officespermitpermittingregulatoryregulatory roadmaprapidblmhawaiialaskaenvironmentaleabureau of land managementgeothermal regulatory roadmapgrradaptability

West Flank Coso FORGE: 52B-7 Image and Mud Log

Apr 01, 1992
22.31 MB
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FMI image log and mud log of well 52B-7
Authors
Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalforgeegswest flank cosowell datacosoimage logmud loggmiboreholedownholeimagingtemperaturegas analysismethaneethanehydrogen sulfidecarbon dioxideco2lithologymineralogydrillingdrill loggeomechanicswell loggingfmiimagewelllogwell log52b-7west flankcalifornia

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

Aug 09, 2017
26.79 MB
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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...
Authors
Parker, L. University of Wisconsin
geothermalbrady hot springsnevadaseismic tomographyactive sourceporotomobrady geothermal fieldbradysshallowseismic imagingporoelastic tomography

Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Estimation of Reservoir Properties for the Tuscarora Sandstone

Dec 19, 2019
56.41 MB
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This dataset contains black-and-white photographic images of individual core segments from well Preston 119 and photomicrographs taken of petrographic thin sections from well Clay 513. Minipermeameter measurement results of 2,260 samples for fracture and matrix permeability on cor...
Authors
McDowell, R. West Virginia University
geothermalappalachian basinwvuwvgestuscarora sandstonethin section analysisminipermeameterpermeabilityddudeep direct-usematrix permeabilitycore segmentsfracture analysisreservoir analysisphotomicrographsfracture permeabilityfeasibilityreservoirgeologicthermalpropertiesthicknessdepthcharacterizationwvegs

Geothermal Project NEPA Database

Sep 30, 2014
1.59 MB
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During the 2013 fiscal year, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed the Geothermal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Database with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO). The information in the databas...
Authors
Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergynepadatabaseopeneicasual usecucategorical exclusioncxcedetermination of nepa adequacydnaenvironmental assessmenteaenvironmental impact statementeisblmusfsfonsigtonational environmental policy actrapid toolkitgrcgeothermal resources council

Geothermal Development and the Use of Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA

Sep 30, 2014
6.8 MB
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This study focuses primarily on the Categorial Exclusions (CX) process and its applicability to geothermal exploration. In this paper, we: Provide generalized background information on CXs, including previous NEPA reports addressing CXs, the process for developing CXs, and the ro...
Authors
Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergyregulatorynepacategorical exclusionfonsipermitpermittingeaenvironmentalassessmentblmbureau of land managementfinding of no significant impactnational environmental policy actadministrativestatutory

Fiber Optic Thermal Slug Experiments Conducted at Texas Tech University Report

Apr 11, 2025
441.27 kB
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The report details a thermal circulation test at Red Raider #2 at the Oil Field Technology Center (OTC) involving staged hot water injections and distributed temperature sensing (DTS) fiber optic measurements. It includes experimental setup, fluid flow and temperature data, therm...
Authors
Leggett, S. Texas Tech University
geothermalenergytracersadsorptionlab experimentsdistributed temperature sensingdtsthermal slugfiber optic monitoringcirculation testheat transientbulk velocitythermocouplered raider 2olgamultiphase flow modelingtemperature profilewellbore heat transferflow rate analysishot water injection

Utah FORGE: 58-32 Injection and Packer Performance, April and May 2019

Mar 22, 2020
832.08 kB
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This is a PDF format summary report regarding the performance of a packer, which failed, and bridge plug used during the injection program in Utah FORGE deep Well 58-32, April and May, 2019.
Authors
McLennan, J. and Podgorney, R. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergypackerbridge pluginjection testwell 58-32forgeutah forgeegsperformancefailurestimlulationwell data

kISMET Core Photos and Descriptions

Aug 02, 2016
15.5 GB
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These core photos and descriptions were taken from the five boreholes that were drilled as part of the kISMET SubTER project conducted at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The boreholes are subvertical in orientation, and were drilled on the 4850 level ...
Authors
Dobson, P. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalsubterstresshydraulic fracturingegssanford underground research facilitycorepoorman formationsurfkismetcore logscore photoscore descriptionsborehole

Utah FORGE 3-2417: Simulations for Distributed Acoustic Sensing Strain Signatures as an Indicator of Fracture Connectivity

Jan 01, 2023
21.99 MB
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This dataset encompasses simulations of strain signatures from both hydraulically connected and "near-miss" fractures in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). The files and results are presented from the perspective of digital acoustic sensing's (DAS) potential to differentiate the t...
Authors
Ward-Baranyay, M. et al Rice University
geothermalenergyforgeutah forgeegsmilfordutahcomsoldfnmatlabsimulationnear-miss fracturedasdistributed acoustic sensingmodelingstrainfogmoregeophysicshydrogeomechanicssub-nanostraincodestimulation

Comparison of Rare Earth Element Sorption Between Fresh and Partially Loaded Media Using Simulated Geothermal Brine

May 24, 2016
249.24 kB
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A study comparing the REE sorption characteristics of fresh ligand-based sorption media and media partially loaded with REEs when exposed to a simulated geothermal brine with known mineral concentrations, REE7. Sorption rates were tested using microcosm shaker tests. Results sugg...
Authors
Stull, D. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalsorptionrare earth elementsreemineral recoveryadsorptionloaded mediaexperimentremoval efficiencyraw dataph vs volume

Utah FORGE 6-3712: Report on Building a Recurrent Neural Network Framework for Induced Seismicity October, 2025

Oct 13, 2025
1.62 MB
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This is a technical report for the Probabilistic Estimation of Seismic Response Using Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Networks project. The report describes the process of designing a recurrent neural network (RNN) to predict induced seismicity. Background material is included t...
Authors
Williams, J. et al Global Technology Connection, Inc.
geothermalenergydeep learninginduced seismicitypredictivemagnitudeartificial intelligenceaimachine learningmldlphysics-basedmodelingutah forgeegstechnical reportseismic datainjection parametersgeophysical modelsprobabilistic

Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32: Summary of Drilling Activities

Mar 20, 2021
10.48 MB
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This is a 74 page detailed summary of the drilling activities of Utah FORGE 16A(78)-32, a highly deviated well completed on February 2nd, 2021, as part of the Utah FORGE project. This well was deviated at 65 degrees from vertical after reaching 6000 feet in depth had a total measu...
Authors
Winkler, D. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergywell 16a78-32utah forgeforgeutah geothermaldeviated well 16a78-32deviated wellsegs16a78-32well datadrillingwell logcharacterizationdrill stem testroosevelt hot springsmilford

Hydrogeologic Windows: Regional Signature Detection for Blind and Traditional Geothermal Play Fairways applied to Southwestern New Mexico

Oct 16, 2015
10.82 MB
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Final Report describing regional signature detection for blind and traditional play fairways as part of Phase I of New Mexico Play Fairway Analysis. This project seeks to reduce exploration risk and identify new prospective targets using available geologic, geochemical, and geophy...
Authors
Bielicki, J. et al Los Alamos National Laboratory
geothermalhydrogeologic windowshydrothermalgeochemical tracersintegrated frameworkhydrothermal modelingblind geothermalsystemstraditional geothermalnew mexicoaridexplorationresource assessmentresource characterizationtracer testgeochemicalgeochemistrygeophysicsgeophysicalprospectivetargetsitesgeologygeologicpfaplay fairway analysischaracterizationreport

Pressure-Temperature Simulation at Brady Hot Springs

Jul 11, 2017
2.96 MB
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These files contain the output of a model calculation to simulate the pressure and temperature of fluid at Brady Hot Springs, Nevada, USA. The calculation couples the hydrologic flow (Darcy's Law) with simple thermodynamics. The epoch of validity is 24 March 2015. Coordinates are ...
Authors
Feigl, K. Temple University
geothermalenergyinsar-meqporotomoinsarmicroseismicitymeqmicroearthquakeseismicityinducedsimulationpressuretemperaturebradybrady hot springs

Exploration Best Practices on OpenEI

Sep 20, 2013
63.84 kB
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This is an electronic database detailing different types of, various phases of, best practices for, and cost and time associated with geothermal exploration techniques. The groups of exploration techniques included in the database are Data and Modeling Techniques, Downhole Techniq...
Authors
Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalexplorationgeophysicsopeneiremote sensingconceptual modelsexploration costsbest practicesloggingdrillinggeochemistryresistivity surveymt surveyelectromagnetic surveygravityseismicisotopelidarhyperspectralmultispectralswirflirinsarsarreflectionrefractonmagneticsdc resistivity2-m probewell loggingdatabase link

Utah FORGE: Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Data

Jun 24, 2020
10.65 GB
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The FORGE team is making these fracture models available to researchers wanting a set of natural fractures in the FORGE reservoir for use in their own modeling work. They have been used to predict stimulation distances during hydraulic stimulation at the open toe section of well 1...
Authors
Finnila, A. and Podgorney, R. Golder Associates Inc.
geothermalenergyutah forgeforgeutah geothermalreservoirengineeringhydraulicfracturingegsdiscrete fracture networkdfnfracture modellingmilfordmodelingfracturehydroshearinflatedpore pressurestressfracmanstimulationdrillingpressuregoldersimulationreservoir planninghydraulic fracturing

Portland DDU Feasibility Study: The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Portland and Tualatin Basins, Oregon, USA

Jul 29, 2019
5.52 MB
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The Portland and Tualatin basins are part of the Puget-Willamette Lowland in the Cascadia forearc of Oregon and Washington. The Coast Range to the west has undergone Paleogene transtension and Neogene transpression, which is reflected in basin stratigraphy. To better understand th...
Authors
Scanlon, D. Portland State University
geothermalenergytetonic eveolutionisochore mapsmodelingtop crbgeocene basementpaleogeneneogeneresource assementspatialtemporalportlandtualatin basinoregongeophysicsgeophysicalgeothermal exploration

Brady Geothermal 1D Seismic Velocity Model

Feb 17, 2015
90.17 kB
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This submission contains an ASCII text file of seismic velocities derived from ambient noise cross-correlation used to create a model of seismic velocity as a 1-D function of depth in addition to a quarterly report describing the creation and use of the model. Model uses 28 Green'...
Authors
Matzel, E. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalseismic velocity modelinsarambient noisebrady geothermal seismic modelseismicseismic velocity1d

Dynamic Column Extraction for Europium on Media 1 at Ambient Temperature

Apr 07, 2015
252.59 kB
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This is a dataset for a 200ppm europium solution sent through a column with 12g of media #1 at pH of 3.2. This column experiment was run at ambient temperature at a flow rate of 2mL/min.
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermaleuropiummedia 1ambient temperaturedynamic column extractionmedia #1eusolutioncolumnexperimentchemistryaqueous chemistryreerare earth elementrecoveryextractionbrinebrine studymineral recovery

Utah FORGE: Video of Utah FORGE Drilling Planning for Production Well 16B(78)-32

Mar 03, 2023
10.06 MB
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This is a YouTube video containing the specifics of well planning for Utah FORGE 16B(78)-32. This well will be drilled as a doublet approximately 300 feet parallel to and above 16A(78)-32 and will be drilled between approximately April 15th and July 17th 2023.
Authors
McLennan, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergywell planningutah forgewell 16b78-32well planning videoegsdrillingdoublet pairfiber opticstress measurementvibrationsinjection testingcirculation testingprocessed data

SMP and Fracture Modeling

Oct 01, 2021
8.59 MB
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The problem of loss circulation in geothermal wells is inherently challenging due to high temperatures, brittle rocks, and presence of abundant fractures. Because of the inherent challenges in geothermal environments, there are limitations in selecting proper lost circulation mate...
Authors
Salehi, S. et al University of Oklahoma
geothermalenergylost circulationfracture sealingshape memory polymerdiscrete element methodsmodelingeconomicdrillingtechnologylost circulation materiallcmsmpprocessed datacfdcomputational fluid dynamicsdem

Sorption Capacity of Europium for Media 1 and Media 2 from Solution at Ambient Temperature

Mar 16, 2015
227.03 kB
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This dataset shows the capacity for Europium of media #1 and media #2 in a shakertable experiment. The experimental conditions were 150mL of 500ppm Eu solution, 2g of media, pH of 3.2, at ambient temperature.
Authors
Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.
geothermalshakertablemedia 1media 2500ppm europiumph 3.2ambient temperaturemedia #2media #1mediashaker tableshaker testsorptioneucapacityeuropiumshaker bathchemistryaqueous chemistryreerare earth elementsrecoverybrinebrine studymineral recovery

Utah FORGE: Well 58-32 (MU-ESW1) FMI Log Fracture Results

Mar 06, 2021
4.55 kB
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A Schlumberger Fullbore Formation Micro-Imager (FMI) log was run from 7390 feet to 7527 feet depth in well 58-32, originally known as well MU-ESW1. Well 58-32 was completed in 2017 as part of Utah FORGE Phase 2. It reached a depth of 7536 feet and recorded a bottom hole temperatur...
Authors
BLOCHOWICZ, A. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyschlumberger fmifmi logutah forgeutah geothermalwell 58-32mu-esw1well 58-32 logschlumbergerfullboreformation microimagerfmiwell loglogginglogsfractureegswell data

Utah FORGE: Report on the Thermal Properties of Wells 16A(78)-32 & 58-32 Granite

May 04, 2021
2.71 MB
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This is a report from Metarock Laboratories on the thermal properties of Utah FORGE wells 16A(78)-32 & 58-32 granite. The report includes pictures of core samples, core details for the samples (where the sample was taken and the size of the sample), sample thermal expansion test r...
Authors
Laboratories, M. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalutah forgeegswell 16a78-32 granite thermal propertieswell 58-32 granite thermal propertiesutah forge granite thermal propertieswell 58-32 granitewell 16a78-32 graniterock thermal propertiesmetarock reportwell 58-32well 16a78-32granite thermal propertiesthermal expansiontestteststestinggranitesamplecore samplereportcore datahydrostaticradial velocitymeasurement
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