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Utah FORGE: Friction-Permeability-Seismicity Laboratory Experiments with Non-Linear Acoustics

Laboratory experimental data on saw-cut interface of Westerly Granite and Utah Forge granitoid rocks. Experiments include velocity-stepping and fluid pressure stepping experiments. Mechanical data from 3 ISCO pumps connected to a Temco pressure vessel measure axial, confining and ...

Eijsink, A. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University

Jul 08, 2022
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Utah FORGE 2439: Machine Learning for Well 16A(78)-32 Stress Predictions September 2023 Report

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...

Mustafa, A. et al Battelle Memorial Institute

Sep 28, 2023
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Utah FORGE: Wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 Stimulation Pressure and Circulation Data April, 2024

This dataset consists of all of the pressure pumping data for Utah FORGE Well16A78-32 fracturing stages, Well 16B78-32 fracturing stages, and a 9-hour circulation test which took place after all of the frac plugs were drilled out. Fracturing in the wells took place in stages from ...

England, K. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jun 03, 2024
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Utah FORGE: Temperature-Dependent Fracture Seismicity from Fluid Injection Experiments

This dataset contains experimental data from fluid injection experiments conducted to investigate the influence of temperature on fracture seismicity. The experiments were performed on granite samples from Utah FORGE. The samples were prepared with a 30-degree inclined fracture an...

Wang, J. et al Pennsylvania State University

Feb 29, 2024
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth

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...

Cusini, M. and Fei, F. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 30, 2025
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Utah FORGE 5-2419: Fluid Injection Experiments on Granite Samples at Four Different Temperatures

This dataset contains results from four fluid injection experiments at 24 C, 69 C, 111 C, and 140 C using a triaxial loading apparatus ("Temco"). Tests were conducted on a Utah FORGE granite sample with a 30 degree inclined fracture. Confining pressure was maintained at 10 MPa, wh...

Wang, J. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University

Sep 05, 2024
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Utah FORGE: Direct Shear Tests on Saturated Sierra White Granite Joints at Elevated Temperatures

This dataset contains results from laboratory direct shear experiments performed on tension-induced fractures in Sierra White granite under saturated conditions at target temperatures of 50 C and 100 C. The data were collected using a custom water-pressurized chamber equipped with...

Han, K. et al Purdue University

Nov 24, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Stage 1 Pressure Falloff Analysis

This is an analysis of the pressure falloff in stage 1 fracture stimulation of FORGE well 16A(78)-32. The objective of this research is to understand the information content of the well stimulation data of FORGE Well 16A(78)-32. The Stage 1 step-rate test, a variant of the classic...

Kazemi, H. et al Colorado School of Mines

Aug 04, 2022
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Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Stimulation DFN Fracture Plane Evaluation and Data

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...

Finnila, A. WSP Golder

Oct 27, 2022
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Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Logs from Schlumberger Technologies

This dataset is a collection of well logs provided by Schlumberger Technologies from the Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32 drilling project. Information here includes critical borehole information collected by an ultrasonic borehole imager (UBI) and a fullbore formation microimager (FMI)...

May, D. and Jones, D. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Sep 14, 2023
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Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drill Core Fracture Analysis Images and Data

This dataset contains drilling core data from well 16B(78)-32, including PDF documents with flattened core images annotated by feature type and core interval, as well as spreadsheets detailing feature morphologies by depth, planar feature measurements, and planar feature orientati...

Jones, C. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jan 29, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Laboratory Fault Reactivation and Permeability Evolution During Fluid Injection

This dataset contains results from controlled shear reactivation experiments performed on cylindrical Westerly and granitoid granite samples with a single inclined fracture. Laboratory faults were pre-loaded near failure and reactivated by fluid injection to examine relationships ...

Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University

Sep 15, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Phase 1a Tensor Strainmeter Data for the April, 2022 Stimulation of Well 16A(78)-32

Data from two Tensor Optical Fiber Strainmeters that were operational during Stages 1, 2, and 3 of the April, 2022 stimulation of well 16A(78)-32. Each csv file contains data from each stimulation stage (stage1, stage2, stage3) for both Phase 1a strainmeter installations (FS01, f...

DeWolf, S. and Murdoch, L. Clemson University

Sep 15, 2022
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Utah FORGE: Slide-Hold-Slide Experiments on Gneiss at Increased Temperature

Included are data from triaxial, single-inclined-fracture friction experiments. The experiments were performed with slide-hold-slide protocol on Utah FORGE gneiss at increased temperature. With a ~10 MPa normal stress, temperatures vary between experiments from room temperature u...

Eijsink, A. and Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University

Jul 25, 2023
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Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Stimulation Data (April, 2022)

This is a set of data related to the stimulation program at Utah FORGE well 16A(78)-32 during April, 2022. This includes daily reports, 1 second Pason data, tracer data, and shear stimulation data and information including a report of an evolving prognosis for the stimulation oper...

McLennan, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

May 18, 2022
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Utah FORGE: Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) Data

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...

Finnila, A. and Podgorney, R. Golder Associates Inc.

Jun 24, 2020
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Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Drilling Data

This dataset includes survey data, drilling data, daily reports, summaries of daily operations, and rig photos from the drilling of Utah FORGE well 16A(78)-32, which is a highly deviated deep well. It was completed 60 days ahead of schedule. Rig move in began 10/22/2020 and dril...

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

Jan 08, 2021
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Utah FORGE: Fluid Injection Induced Shearing Experiments on Fractured Granitoid at Elevated Temperatures

This repository contains experimental data from a series of fluid injection-induced shearing tests conducted on Utah FORGE granitoid. The experiments were performed using an aluminum triaxial pressure vessel (TEMCO) apparatus at Pennsylvania State University. The primary aim was t...