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Life Cycle Water Consumption and Water Resource Assessment for Utility-Scale Geothermal Systems: An In-Depth Analysis of Historical and Forthcoming EGS Projects

This report is the third in a series of reports sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program in which a range of water-related issues surrounding geothermal power production are evaluated. The first report made an initial attempt at quantifying the li...

Schroeder, J. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Aug 31, 2013
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Fallon FORGE: Gravity and Magnetics Data

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...

Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Mar 09, 2018
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EGS Collab Experiment 2: Hydraulic Pressure Test Results

The EGS Collab experiment 2 was focused on testing shear stimulation techniques. Shear stimulation, in this case, means using hydraulic pressure to cause shear slip on preexisting fracture or fault planes such that the hydraulic conductivity of the fracture or fault increases. The...

Burghardt, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Feb 17, 2023
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Thermal Drawdown Induced Flow Channeling in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

We investigate the flow-channeling phenomenon caused by thermal drawdown in fractured geothermal reservoirs. A discrete fracture network-based, fully coupled thermal "hydrological" mechanical simulator is used to study the interactions between fluid flow, temperature change, and t...

Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nov 15, 2015
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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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Application of Neutron Imaging to Investigate Flow through Fractures for EGS

There is an ongoing effort at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop a unique experimental capability for investigating flow through porous and fractured media using neutron imaging techniques. This capability is expected to support numerous areas of investigation associated wit...

Polsky, Y. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Feb 01, 2013
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Utah FORGE: 2024 Stimulations Microseismic Event Catalog from Seismic Surface Network

This archive provides a a link to a microseismic event catalog of the 2024 stimulations at Utah FORGE. The catalog was derived from data collected with the surface monitoring network consisting of 5 permanent seismic stations deployed by the University of Utah Seismograph Station...

Niemz, P. et al University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Jul 29, 2024
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EGS Collab Experiment 2: Co-Injection Sewer Camera Survey Videos

On April 21, 2022, sewer camera surveys were conducted in boreholes TN and TL as part of Experiment 2 of the EGS Collab project. These surveys were performed during fluid injection into three zones in borehole TC to identify the depths of active fracture intersections. The goal wa...

Hopp, C. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

May 20, 2025
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity Workshop Presentation

This is a presentation on the Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity project by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presented by Dr. Matteo Cusini. The project's objective was to employ a combination of high-fidelity simulations and true...

Cusini, M. and Bunger, A. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sep 08, 2023
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Utah FORGE 3-2535: Joint EM-Seismic-InSAR Imaging of Fracture Properties Workshop Presentation

This is a presentation on the Joint Electromagnetic/Seismic/InSAR Imaging of Spatial-Temporal Fracture Growth and Estimation of Physical Fracture Properties During EGS Resource Development project by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, presented by Dr. David Alumbaugh, Staff Sc...

Alumbaugh, D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sep 08, 2023
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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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Utah FORGE 3-2535: Preliminary Report on Development of a Reservoir Seismic Velocity Model

This report describes the development of a preliminary 3D seismic velocity model at the Utah FORGE site and first results from estimating seismic resolution in the generated fracture volume during Stage 3 of the April 2022 stimulation. A preliminary 3D velocity model for the larg...

Gritto, R. Array Information Technology

Jan 30, 2023
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Penn State Lab Testing Fluid-Rock Interaction in Geothermal Reservoirs

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 ...

Madara, B. et al Pennsylvania State University

Jan 01, 2018
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Utah FORGE: Phase 2C Topical Report

This is the topical report that wraps up the work and results achieved during Utah FORGE Phase 2C. The zip file includes several folders containing (1) an overview; (2) the results; (3) the lessons learned; and (4) the conclusions. It also contains a folder containing appendices i...

Moore, J. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Dec 11, 2019
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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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WISE-CASING: Time Domain Reflectometry Data from Lab Experiment on Steel Pipe

The steel pipe experiment conducted in the lab was using 6 meter low-carbon steel pipe. We tested it with both dry and in-water condition. In the dry experimental setup, a coaxial cable acting as a return path in the air.

Wang, J. and Wu, Y. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jul 23, 2019
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Well Locations and Orientations.

The EGS Collab is conducting experiments in hydraulic fracturing at a depth of 1.5 km in the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) on the 4850 Level. A total of eight ~60m-long subhorizontal boreholes were drilled at that depth on the western rib of the West Access Drift. S...

Neupane, G. et al Idaho National Laboratory

Sep 05, 2018
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Cape EGS: Gold 4-PB: Mudlog, Mass Spectrometry, Triple Combo, and Dipole Sonic-Derived Geomechanical data

This dataset includes geological and geophysical well logs from the Gold 4-PB well at the Cape EGS site near Utah FORGE, collected between December 2024 and January 2025. The dataset covers lithological, geochemical, and petrophysical data acquired during and after drilling. Data ...

Dadi, S. and Adams, T. Fervo Energy

Apr 30, 2025
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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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EGS Collab Experiment 2: Earth Model Datasets

The EGS Collab Project performed a series of tests to increase the understanding the response of crystalline rock mass to stimulations and fluid circulation to efficiently implement enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) technologies. The EGS Collab team created two underground testbed...

Neupane, G. et al Idaho National Laboratory

May 29, 2022
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Fallon FORGE: 3D Geologic Model

The 3D geologic model for the Fallon for site was constructed in EarthVision software using methods similar to (Moeck et al., 2009, 2010; Faulds et al., 2010b; Jolie et al., 2012, 2015; Hinz et al., 2013a; Siler and Faulds, 2013; Siler et al., 2016a, b) References are included in ...

Blankenship, D. and Siler, D. Sandia National Laboratories

Mar 01, 2018
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Utah FORGE: Earth Model Native State Simulation Results

Utah FORGE phase 2C Native State Simulation zip contains the data used for the boundary conditions and subsequent native state simulation results obtained using the simulation code FALCON. Data are from the nodes of the simulation domain, with used a uniform 50m spacing over a 250...

Podgorney, R. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jul 16, 2019
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Fallon, NV FORGE well 21-31 Lithology, Mineral, Image Log, and Injection Test data

Attached is 5 datasets collected from Fallon FORGE well 21-31 located in Churchill County, Nevada collected and interpreted between Feburary 2018-January 2020. This submission includes 1) new lithology interpretation derived from petrographic thin sections of sidewall cores taken ...

Kraal, K. and Ayling, B. Sandia National Laboratories

May 30, 2020
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Shallow EGS Regional Resource Potential and Map Snake River Plain

SMU Geothermal Lab developed a methodology to estimate shallow (1 km to 4 km) Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) resource potential using an approach that utilizes recent geology and geophysical research along with new well data to improve the thermal conductivity model, mitigate i...

Batir, J. et al Southern Methodist University Huffington Department of Earth Sciences

Oct 30, 2020
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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...