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Geomechanical Modeling for Thermal Spallation Drilling

Wells for Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) typically occur in conditions presenting significant challenges for conventional rotary and percussive drilling technologies: granitic rocks that reduce drilling speeds and cause substantial equipment wear. Thermal spallation drilling,...

Walsh, S. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Aug 24, 2011
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CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado

Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of ...

Hussein, K. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 01, 2012
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Utah FORGE: Neubrex Well 16B(78)-32 Stimulation Fiber Optic Monitoring Reports April and May, 2024

These reports contain information on the distributed temperature sensing (DTS), distributed strain sensing (DSS), and pressure monitoring during the stimulation of Well 16(B)78-32 at Utah FORGE, in April and May 2024. Reports include information on data collection and calibrations...

Jurick, D. and Guzik, D. Neubrex Energy Services (US), LLC

Apr 30, 2024
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A Conceptual Geologic Model for the Newberry Volcano EGS Site in Central Oregon: Constraining Heat Capacity and Permeability through Interpretation of Multicomponent Geosystems Data

Newberry Volcano, a voluminous (500 km3) basaltic/andesitic/rhyolitic shield volcano located near the intersection of the Cascade volcanic arc, the Oregon High Lava Plains and Brothers Fault Zone, and the northern Basin and Range Province, has been the site of geothermal explorati...

Mark-Moser, M. et al National Energy Technology Laboratory

Feb 22, 2016
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Newberry EGS Demonstration: Well 55-29 Stimulation Data 2014

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...

Cladhouhos, T. et al AltaRock Energy Inc

Sep 03, 2015
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Memos Relating to High-Priority Geothermal Targets in Colorado Selected for Further Study Flint Geothermal 2012

This dataset contains several memos describing geothermal targets outlined by Flint personnel in Colorado. Phase 1 involved an ASTER and LANDSAT thermal infrared imagery assessment conducted by CIRES of the University of Colorado, which identified areas of warm ground that might i...

Zehner, R. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 27, 2014
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DEMO-FTES Test 1: Water Flow, Pressure, Temperature, and Electrical Conductivity Data

This dataset contains 1-second and hourly resolution water flow rate, pressure, temperature, and electrical conductivity data collected during Test 1 of the DEMO Fracture Thermal Energy Storage (FTES) project at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) between December 10,...

Burghardt, J. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Apr 16, 2025
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SMP and Fracture Modeling

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...

Salehi, S. et al University of Oklahoma

Oct 01, 2021
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Establishing the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) on the Newberry Volcano, OR

The proposed Newberry Volcano FORGE site is in central Oregon on the northwest flank of the largest volcano in the Cascades volcanic arc. Beneath Newberry Volcano is one of the largest geothermal heat reservoirs in the western United States, extensively studied for the last 40 yea...

Bonneville, A. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Feb 22, 2016
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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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Utah FORGE 3-2417: Meteorological Data During 2024 Stimulation

This preliminary data archive includes meteorological data recorded at the Utah FORGE facility over the period of time including the 16A/16B stimulation activities, largely March/April/May of 2024. This information may prove useful for understanding seismic and other instrumentati...

Ajo-Franklin, J. Rice University

May 09, 2024
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Report on Laboratory Block Experiments with Six Different Combinations of Stresses and Rock Fabrics

This report documents a series of block-scale hydraulic fracturing experiments, simulating Utah FORGE conditions to investigate how different combinations of in situ stress regimes, well orientations, and thermal stress conditions influence fracture initiation and propagation. The...

Bunger, A. and Lu, Y. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 30, 2025
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Microhole drilling technology utilizing a golden section search algorithm

A fundamental issue in microhole drilling is that delivering high weight-on-bit (WOB), high torque rotational horsepower to a conventional drill bit does not scale down to the hole sizes necessary to realize the envisioned cost savings An optimization algorithm called a golden sec...

Su, J. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Jun 23, 2021
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Utah FORGE: Logs and Data from Deep Well 58-32 (MU-ESW1)

Data, logs, and graphics associated with the drilling and testing of Utah FORGE deep test well 58-32 (MU-ESW1) near Roosevelt Hot Springs.

Nash, G. and Moore, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Apr 11, 2018
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Understanding Constraints on Geothermal Sustainability Through Reservoir Characterization at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada

The vast supply of geothermal energy stored throughout the Earth and the exceedingly long time required to dissipate that energy makes the world's geothermal energy supply nearly limitless. As such, this resource holds the potential to provide a large supply of the world's energy ...

Patterson, J. University of Wisconsin

Jul 11, 2018
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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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Dynamic Earth Energy Storage: Terawatt-Year, Grid-Scale Energy Storage using Planet Earth as a Thermal Battery (GeoTES): Seedling Project Final Report

Grid-scale energy storage has been identified as a needed technology to support the continued build-out of intermittent renewable energy resources. As of April 2017, the U.S. had approximately 24.2 GW of energy storage on line, compared to 1,081 GW of installed generation capacity...

McLing, T. et al Idaho National Laboratory

May 31, 2019
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Wister, CA Downhole and Seismic Data

This submission contains Downhole geophysical logs associated with Wister, CA Wells 12-27 and 85-20. The logs include Spontaneous Potential (SP), HILT Caliper (HCAL), Gamma Ray (GR), Array Induction (AIT), and Neutron Porosity (NPOR) data. Also included are a well log, Injection T...

Akerley, J. Ormat Nevada Inc

Dec 18, 2010
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REE Sorption Study for Media #1 and Media #2 in Brine #1 and #2 at different Liquid to Solid Ratio's at Ambient Temperature

This data set shows the different loading capacities of Media #1 and Media #2 in a high and low salt content brine matrix at different liquid to solid ratio's. These data sets are shaker bath tests on media #1 and media #2 in brine's #1 and #2 at 500mL-.5g(1000-1 ratio), 150mL-.75...

Garland, G. Tusaar Corp.

Mar 27, 2015
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Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Data for Periodic Hydraulic Tests: Hydraulic Data

Hydraulic responses from periodic hydraulic tests conducted at the Mirror Lake Fractured Rock Research Site, during the summer of 2015. These hydraulic responses were measured also using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) which is cataloged in a different submission under this gr...

Cole, M. California State University

Jul 31, 2015
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First Results Project Hotspot Drilling

Project Hotspot drilled 3 slim hole exploratory wells in southern Idaho, each just under 2 km deep. These holes were designed to investigate thermal structure in three different settings within the Snake River Volcanic Province: (1) along the axial volcanic high of the central SRP...

Shervais, J. et al Utah State University

Mar 15, 2013
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Identifying and Delineating Thermally Active Areas in Colorado Using Thermal Remote Sensing Data

This report outlines the approach and methodology of the utilization of thermal satellite imagery to find areas of warm ground that might indicate heat flow from a buried geothermal system. The satellite platforms, modeling equations and corrections to the data are discussed. Some...

Hussein, K. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Dec 26, 2012
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Alum Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)

Data generated from the Alum Innovative Exploration Project, one of several promising geothermal properties located in the middle to upper Miocene (~11-5 Ma, or million years BP) Silver Peak-Lone Mountain metamorphic core complex (SPCC) of the Walker Lane structural belt in Esmera...

Miller, C. Ram Power, Inc.

Jan 01, 2010
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Project HOTSPOT: Mountain Home Well Borehole Geophysics Database

The Snake River Plain (SRP), Idaho, hosts potential geothermal resources due to elevated groundwater temperatures associated with the thermal anomaly Yellowstone-Snake River hotspot. Project HOTSPOT has coordinated international institutions and organizations to understand subsurf...

Shervais, J. Utah State University

Nov 11, 2012
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Low-Temperature Geothermal Geospatial Datasets: An Example from Alaska

This project is a component of a broader effort focused on geothermal heating and cooling (GHC) with the aim of illustrating the numerous benefits of incorporating GHC and geothermal heat exchange (GHX) into community energy planning and national decarbonization strategies. To bet...

Davalos Elizondo, E. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 06, 2023
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