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Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy)

Information around the plug-and-perf treatment design at Utah FORGE by Fervo Energy. Objective and Purpose: Develop a multistage hydraulic stimulation approach designed specifically to target the top three factors that control the technical and commercial viability of an EGS sys...

Norbeck, J. et al Fervo Energy

Feb 08, 2023
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Washington Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis Technical Report

An investment of $0.7M from the Geothermal Technology Office for Phase 2 of Play Fairway Analysis in Washington State improved existing favorability models and increased model confidence. New 1:24,000-scale geological mapping, 15 detailed geophysical surveys, 2 passive seismic sur...

Steely, A. et al Washington Geological Survey

Dec 20, 2017
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Geothermal Water Use: Life Cycle Water Consumption, Water Resource Assessment, and Water Policy Framework

This report examines life cycle water consumption for various geothermal technologies to better understand factors that affect water consumption across the life cycle (e.g., power plant cooling, belowground fluid losses) and to assess the potential water challenges that future geo...

Schroeder, J. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Jun 10, 2014
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Sustainable Self-Propping Shear Zones in EGS: Chlorite, Illite, and Biotite Rates and Report

Spreadsheet containing chlorite, illite, and biotite rate data and rate equations that can be used in reactive transport simulations. Submission includes a report on the development of the rate laws.

Carroll, S. and Smith, M. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nov 06, 2015
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InSAR Maps of Deformation Covering Raft River, Idaho from 2007 to 2010

This dataset contains maps of deformation covering Raft River, Idaho from 2007 to 2010 calculated from interferometric synthetic aperture radar data. This dataset is used in the study entitled "Inferring geothermal reservoir processes at the Raft River Geothermal Field, Idaho, US...

Reinisch, E. University of Wisconsin

Mar 11, 2007
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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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Operational Performance Requirements For Motor Power Sections Used in Geothermal Drilling Based Upon Minimum Specific Energy

Operational performance requirements are needed to support development of specifications for downhole motor power sections to be used for drilling hard rock during geothermal wellbore construction. Theoretical torque specifications are derived based upon a widely-accepted rock-re...

Raymond, D. Sandia National Laboratories

Sep 10, 2014
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Utah FORGE: LBNL Status Report on the VEMP Tool 2024

This report describes the modifications made to the Vertical Electromagnetic Profiling (VEMP) borehole tool, currently on loan to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) from Japan's Geothermal Energy Research and Development Co., Ltd. (GERD), during its refurbishment. It inc...

Wilt, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Feb 16, 2024
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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 half 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, igne...

A., C. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sep 25, 2013
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Magnetotelluric Data Collected in 2016 over the San Emidio Geothermal Field in Nevada

This data set includes the magnetotelluric (MT) data collected from October 21 to November 9, 2016 over the San Emidio geothermal field in Nevada by Quantec Geoscience USA Inc. on behalf of US Geothermal Inc. as part of a project entitled "A Novel Approach to Map Permeability Usi...

Folsom, M. et al Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Nov 09, 2016
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Harsh Environment Sensors for Geothermal Applications

Technical papers detailing the development of harsh environment sensors for geothermal applications. Principle Investigator is Prof. Albert P. Pisano (University of California, Berkeley). Submission includes a paper about geothermal environmental exposure testing on encapsulant a...

Senesky, D. et al Regents of the University University of California

Jan 01, 2012
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Generalized Displacement Correlation Method for Estimating Stress Intensity Factors

This paper presents a generalized form of the displacement correlation method (the GDC method), which can use any linear or quadratic finite element type with homogeneous meshing without local refinement. These two features are critical for modeling dynamic fracture propagation pr...

Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2012
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Memos Relating to 2011 Field Checking of CIRES ASTER Thermal Targets

In 2010 and 2011, Flint Geothermal commissioned CIRES from the University of Colorado to attempt to detect "blind" or buried geothermal systems using remote sensing. CIRES utilized thermal infrared bands from ASTER and LANDSAT satellite imagery to detect areas of warm ground in pa...

Zehner, R. and Hussein, K. Flint Geothermal, LLC

Feb 01, 2012
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Simulating Complex Fracture Systems in Geothermal Reservoirs Using an Explicitly Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Model

Low permeability geothermal reservoirs can be stimulated by hydraulic fracturing to create Enhanced (or Engineered) Geothermal Systems (EGS) with higher permeability and improved heat transfer to increase heat production. In this paper, we document our effort to develop a numerica...

Carrigan, C. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2011
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Paisley Oregon Geothermal Plant Operated by Surprise Valley Electrification 2016 Operational Information

This submission includes an Electricity Generation Summary, Maintenance Logs, Detailed Operations Data, Operating Cost Summary, and an Operations overview at the Paisley Oregon Geothermal Plant. Data uploaded for SVEC by Tom Williams, NREL

Culp, E. Surprise Valley Electrification Corp. (SVEC)

Jan 01, 2017
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Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project (Ram Power Inc.)

Data generated from the Silver Peak Innovative Exploration Project, in Esmeralda County, Nevada, encompasses a deep-circulation (amagmatic) meteoric-geothermal system circulating beneath basin-fill sediments locally blanketed with travertine in western Clayton Valley (lithium-rich...

Miller, C. Ram Power, Inc.

Jan 01, 2010
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Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing Westerly Granite Test Results

Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) experiments were conducted on a short, cylindrical sample of Westerly granite (diameter = 4 inches, height ~ 2 inches). Liquid nitrogen was poured in a copper cup attached to the top of the sample, and the resulting acoustic emissions ...

Nakagawa, S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dec 18, 2020
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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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Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus

The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia...

Moore, J. et al West Virginia University

Oct 23, 2018
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Utah FORGE: 3D Gravity Data

These resources describe the 3D geophysical inversion modeling of gravity data at the FORGE site near Milford, Utah. FORGE is the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy and the site in Utah has been selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy for a 5-year R&D program to t...

Hardwick, C. and Witter, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jun 24, 2019
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REopt Lite Geothermal Heat Pump Design Requirements

This document describes the design requirements for the geothermal heat pump (GHP) module being added to the existing REopt Lite web tool. This document describes the purpose, users, and functional requirements to which the modified web tool shall conform. This document will be re...

Olis, D. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 08, 2021
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EGS Collab: Modeling and Simulation Working Group Teleconference Series (99-128)

This submission contains the presentation slides and recordings from EGS Collab Modeling and Simulation Working Group (MSWG) teleconferences number 99 through 128. These teleconferences served three objectives for the project: 1) share simulation results, 2) communicate field acti...

White, M. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jun 07, 2022
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Spatial Analysis of CIRES ASTER and LANDSAT thermal infrared anomalies

CIRES provided polygon shapefiles showing areas of anomalously warm ground, derived from ASTER and LANDSAT remotely sensed thermal infrared imagery. Partly from these anomalies, and partly through other evidence layers, CIRES came up with 'polygons' representing areas prospective ...

Zehner, R. Flint Geothermal, LLC

May 26, 2011
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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...