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SMP Preparation, Programming, and Characterization

Oct 01, 2021
1.04 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

EGS Collab Experiment 1: Common Discrete Fracture Network

Sep 18, 2019
5.69 MB
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This package includes data and models that support hydraulic fracture stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). A paper by Schwering et al. (2020) describes the deterministic basis for developing a "common" discrete fracture...
Authors
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyegs collabsurfhydraulicfracturingstimulationsanford underground research facilityexperimentegsgeophysicsfracturenetworkdiscrete fracture networkdfnfluidflowmodeldatafluid circulationboreholeweepcoresystemenhanced geothermal systemsandia national laboratorieselectrical resistivitywellinjection testtracerdrilling

Utah FORGE: Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Model (2025 v1) 3D Visualization Via the Seequent Central Public Viewer

Jan 08, 2026
664.3 kB
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Visualize the Utah FORGE DFN model in three-dimensional space using the Seequent Central public viewer. 131 discrete planar fractures have been interpreted by Aleta Finnila (https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1750) from various data sets obtained during the 2022 and 2024 stimulati...
Authors
Jones, C. and Finnila, A. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgedfndiscrete fracture networksequent3d dfnfracture model3d fracture modelsequent central public viewer3d visualizationprocessed datahydraulic stimulationmicroseismic datafracture interpretation16a78-3216b78-32planar fracturesmodelvisualizationgeophysicsgeomechanics

Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Stimulation DFN Fracture Plane Evaluation and Data

Oct 27, 2022
1.63 MB
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This dataset includes files used to fit planar fractures through the preliminary earthquake catalogs of the three stages of the April 2022 well 16A(78)-32 stimulation which is linked bellow. These planar features have been used to update the FORGE reference Discrete Fracture Netwo...
Authors
Finnila, A. WSP Golder
geothermalenergydfnutah forgestimulationwell stimulationfracingfrackingdiscrete fracture networkwell fracturerock fractureswell fractureswell 16a78-32utah forge wellswell 16a78-32 stimulationexcelcsvpdfegsmodelingcharacterizationforge

Utah FORGE 3-2417: Simulation Meshes and Results from Extended Circulation and Pulse Interference Testing

Sep 05, 2025
6.17 MB
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This dataset contains numerical simulation meshes and modeling results from extended circulation and pulse interference tests conducted between Utah FORGE wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32. The simulations were performed as part of the FOGMORE Utah FORGE project (Fiber Optic MOnitor...
Authors
Lee, S. and Ghassemi, A. Rice University
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsfogmoresimulationmeshreservoir modelingextended circulation testpulse interference testnumerical simulationmesh datapressure distributiontemperature distributionpermeability modelingstress-dependent permeabilitydiscrete fracture networkdfnfiber optic monitoring16a78-3216b78-32paraviewmodelmodel filesmodel results

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

Seismic Survey 2016 Data at Crescent Valley, Nevada

Dec 04, 2023
469.57 GB
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In September 2016, 989 vertical-component seismic instruments were deployed for 75 hours at the Crescent Valley greenfield geothermal play area in Nevada. Data were recorded 12/9/16 12/15/16. Data are stored in individual files in one-minute increments in SEGD formats. See the met...
Authors
Lord, N. et al University of Wisconsin Madison
geothermalenergywholescaleseismicdatageophysicscrescent valleyhydrothermalcharacterizationsegdsubterpermeabilitymappinggreenfieldnevadasp1fracturesurveygeophone

Fallon FORGE: Vs30m Seismic Velocity

Mar 12, 2018
3.53 MB
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Time-averaged shear-wave velocity to 30 m depth about the Fallon, NV FORGE site.
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Blankenship, D. and Kaven, J. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyforgeegsfallonseismicityvs30nevadashearwavevelocityvetted-nogeophysicsseismicnvs-wave

Fallon FORGE: Gravity and Magnetics Data

Mar 09, 2018
5.68 MB
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This package contains principal facts for new gravity data collected September November 2017 in support of the Fallon FORGE project. Also included are rock core density and magnetic susceptibility data for key core intervals, used in modeling 2D and 3D gravity inversions. Indivi...
Authors
Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyforgeegsfallongravitynevadadensitymagnetic susceptibilityvetted-nonvmagneticsbch-3foh-2sw51-20bunejug mountains3dinversiongeophysicsgravmagrock densityinverse modelgeospatial datadata

Utah FORGE: Roosevelt Hot Springs Analytical Well-Based Temperature Model Data

Dec 07, 2018
8.25 kB
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This submission contains a cumulative record of one-dimensional temperature modeling based off of well data in the vicinity of the Utah FORGE site. Temperature log data from wells used, and in some cases were extrapolated below the bottom of a number of wells. The data were corre...
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Podgorney, R. and Allis, R. Idaho National Laboratory
geothermalenergytemperature modelstudent competitionforgeutahroosevelt hot springs1dtemperaturemodelmodelingwell-basedegsmilfordutdataearthutah forgemodellingwell datatemperature datacharacterizationgeoreferenced datageospatial dataresourceprocessed data

Tularosa Basin Play Fairway Analysis: Groundwater, Heat Flow, Relief Map

Nov 15, 2015
263.37 MB
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In this submission is the groundwater composite risk segment (CRS) used for play fairway analysis. Also included is a heat flow probability map, and a shaded relief map of the Tularosa Basin, NM.
Authors
Brandt, A. University of Utah
geothermaltularosabasingroundwatercrscomposite risk segmentshaded reliefprobabilityheatflowheatflowmapfort blissmcgregor rangenew mexiconewmexicoshadedreliefpfaplay fairway analysisshapefileshape filegisarcgisgeospatial data

Utah FORGE: Updated FMI Fracture Log from Well 16A(78)-32

Apr 17, 2024
308.48 MB
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This dataset consists of an Excel spreadsheet detailing the fracture picks from a reinterpretation of the formation micro-imaging (FMI) log from Utah FORGE well 16A(78)-32. The provided information details fracture location, geometry, and type. Also included here is a link to the...
Authors
Handwerger, D. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyfmi logmeasured well depthtrue verticle depthazimuthdip directionfracture typefracture datafractures16a16a78-32utah forgefmiegswell logprocessed data

Seismic Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Fracture Generation During EGS Resource Development Deviatoric MT, Fracture Network, and Final Report

Sep 01, 2018
62.11 kB
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This submission contains 167 deviatoric moment tensor (MT) solutions for the seismicity observed two years prior and three years post start of injection activities at The Geysers Prati 32 EGS Demonstration. Also included is a statistical representation of the properties of 751 fra...
Authors
Gritto, R. et al Array Information Technology
geothermalenergythe geysershigh temperature reservoirdeviatoric mt solutionsdeviatoricstresstensorcatalogmomentseismicityanalysisegsinjectioninducedmicroseismicityeventlocationshearstrainfracture networkfracture orientationfracture sizecaliforniacafaultfracturenetworkgeysersmicroseismichypocenterspassiveseismicmonitoringstimulationfinal reportinversionhydraulicfaultingearthquakegeophysicsgeophysical

Penn State Lab Testing Fluid-Rock Interaction in Geothermal Reservoirs

Jan 01, 2018
5.53 GB
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This project focused on assessment and discovery of fluid-rock interaction in geothermal reservoirs. We accomplished work in four main areas: 1) fracture formation and the relationship between fluid flow and shear failure, 2) assessment of fracture geometry and fluid permeability ...
Authors
Madara, B. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergylab testingfracture formationshear failurefluid flowfracture geometryfluid permeabilityacoustic measurementsinjectionseismicitytriaxial experimentsdynamic stressingreservoir permeabilityfracture flowpermeability evolutionacoustic fracture characterizationfrictional stabilitydynamic triggeringinjection induced seismicityinduced seismicityshear slipshear flowberea sandstonewesterly graniteegsacoustic emissionslab earthquakes

Utah FORGE 2439: Machine Learning for Well 16A(78)-32 Stress Predictions September 2023 Report

Sep 28, 2023
3.69 MB
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This task completion report documents the development and implementation of machine learning (ML) models for the prediction of in-situ vertical (Sv), minimum horizontal (SHmin) and maximum horizontal (SHmax) stresses in well 16A(78)-32. The detailed description of the experimental...
Authors
Mustafa, A. et al Battelle Memorial Institute
geothermalenergyutahforgegeomechanicsmachine learningffnnartificial neural networkannin-situ stressstress characterizationlabtuvtriaxialstressfeed forward artificial neural networkmlegsmodellingexploratory data analysiseda

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

Jan 30, 2025
2.55 MB
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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...
Authors
Cusini, M. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergyutah forgestress roughnesshydraulic fracturingmeqegsstress profilefield measurementshydraulic fracture growth16a78-32stage 3geostechnical reportprocessed datageophysics2-2446toughness anisotropyrock mechanics

Hydroshear Simulation Lab Test 2, Additional Data Sheets

Aug 01, 2014
25.54 MB
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This file contains additional data for this test (hydroshear test 3.2). In this test a sample of granite with a pre-cut (man made fracture) is confined, heated and differential stress is applied. The max temperature in this this system development test is 95C. More test details ca...
Authors
Bauer, S. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalhydrosheargraniteprecut fracturefracture simulationlab testhydroshearraw data

Utah FORGE: Pump and Probe Test on a Mated Fracture Westerly Granite Sample

May 19, 2024
4.45 GB
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This dataset contains results from a pump and probe experiment conducted on a mated fracture Westerly Granite sample with a diameter of 1 inch and a height of 2 7/8 inches. The experiment was performed within an aluminum triaxial pressure vessel (TEMCO) to investigate the non-line...
Authors
Klinghammer, H. et al Pennsylvania State University
utahforgeexperimentraw datatransduceracousticswesterlygraniteverasonicsaxialconfiningtriaxialtemcolvdtpump and probegeomechanicsgeophysicswesterly granitemated fractureaxial pressure

Hybrid machine learning model to predict 3D in-situ permeability evolution

Nov 22, 2022
5.58 MB
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Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) can provide a sustainable and renewable solution to the new energy transition. Its potential relies on the ability to create a reservoir and to accurately evaluate its evolving hydraulic properties to predict fluid flow and estimate ultimate therm...
Authors
Elsworth, D. and Marone, C. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyegsnewberryhydraulicstimulationprocessed datamachine learningpermeability evolutionhydraulic fracturinginduced seismicityegs collabseismic data analysiswellhead pressureflow ratefracture permeabilitymicroearthquakeenhanced geothermal systems

Hydroshear Simulation Lab Test 3.2

Aug 01, 2014
5.88 MB
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This data file is for the hydroshear simulation lab test 3.2. The two previous hydroshear simulation lab tests are linked in the resources section as GDR submissions. In this test a sample of granite with a pre-cut (man made fracture) is confined, heated and differential stress is...
Authors
Bauer, S. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalhydroshearstimulationgranitelab testprecut fracturegeophysicsshearshear testinghydroshear testingdifferential stresssimulationfractureegs

EGS Collab Experiment 1: In-situ observation of pre-, co and post-seismic shear slip preceding hydraulic fracturing

May 22, 2018
136.27 MB
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Understanding the initiation and arrest of earthquakes is one of the long-standing challenges of seismology. Here we report on direct observations of borehole displacement by a meter-sized shear rupture induced by pressurization of metamorphic rock at 1.5 km depth. We observed the...
Authors
Guglielmi, Y. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegsegs collabsurfsanford underground research facilityseismicinjection teststimulationslip vectorshearaxialdisplacementpressureborehole displacementdeformationsimfipprobeboreholee1-ipre-slipco-seismicslippost-seismicaftersliphydraulicfracturingin-situ

Hawaii Play Fairway Analysis: Lanai Resistivity and Density 3D Inversion Models

Jun 01, 2020
42.2 MB
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To prepare for its third phase, the Hawaii Play Fairway project conducted groundwater sampling and analyses in ten locations in the Hawaiian islands, magnetotelluric (MT) and gravity surveys, as well as calculations of 3D subsurface stress due to the weight of the rock underlying ...
Authors
Lautze, N. et al University of Hawaii
geothermalenergyhawaiilanaimagnetotelluricgravityhaleakalamauimauna keamtmasurveydatateststresssubsurfacevolcanoresistivitydensityfracture induced permeabilityegsenhanced geothermal systemresourcepotentialresource probabilityexploratory drilling

Hawthorne Nevada Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Data Used for Geothermal Resource Conceptual Modeling and Power Capacity Estimates

Apr 05, 2020
4.1 MB
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This data submission includes several data components that were used to develop a conceptual model and power capacity-estimates of two low-temperature geothermal resources that define geothermal prospect A at Hawthorne, Nevada. Data are sourced from a combination of legacy publicl...
Authors
Ayling, B. and Hinz, N. Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
geothermalenergyhawthornegeochemistryconceptual modeltemperature logsborehole fracture datahawthorne army depotdirect usenevada2-meter temperaturesalteration mineralsptswell datafluid chemistryddutemperaturefracturexrdwater chemistrysurveycuttingsmodelingcapacityestimatesconceptualhwaad-2hwaad-3hwaad-2ageospatial datalow-tempertaurehydrothermalseservoireservoir compartmentalizationpower capacityimage log

EGS Collab Experiment 1: Time-series geochemistry data of the long-term circulation test

Jan 01, 2022
128.13 kB
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This submission presents the weekly geochemistry data of the long-term flow test performed within EGS Collab Experiment 1 from early 2019 to early 2020. The fluids from each producing borehole/interval (PI, PB, PDT and PST) along with the injectate were sampled roughly weekly from...
Authors
Zhang, Y. et al Stanford University
geothermalenergygeochemistryreactive transporttime-seriesmicrobial profilingdataexcelcationsanionspnasionic molar conductivityelectrical conductivities

Testing LCM on a Large Scale for Geothermal Drilling Applications Using a Novel Experimental Setup

Apr 22, 2022
15.98 MB
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Rheology data obtained from flow loop tests, performed using different lost circulation materials (LCM) to study their effect on fluid rheology and wellbore hydraulics. The sealing performance of different LCM was tested using different fracture sizes. Five academic papers / repor...
Authors
Mohamed, A. et al University of Oklahoma
geothermal drillinglost circulationsealing efficiencyrheologyhigh temperatureflow loop3d printingtemperaturecharacterizationdrilling fluid additivesshape memory polymergeothermal wellshpht challengesdrilling fluidwellbore hydraulicshole cleaningfluid stabilitysmart lcmht flow looplost circulation materialannular flowrheological propertiesgeothermalenergyviscosifierfiltration controlhphtgeochemistrywellboredrilling technologyexperimenttechnologyreportsgwmodeldrillingprocessed data
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