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EGS Collab Experiment 1: SIMFIP Notch-164 GRL Paper

Sep 24, 2020
11.52 MB
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Characterizing the stimulation mode of a fracture is critical to assess the hydraulic efficiency and the seismic risk related to deep fluid manipulations. We have monitored the three-dimensional displacements of a fluid-driven fracture during water injections in a borehole at ~1.5...
Authors
Guglielmi, Y. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergysimfipnew borehole instrumenthydrofractureegs collabnucleateanisotropyshear displacementwellboreexperimentstimulationseismicseismicityfracturehydraulic conductivitystressshearboreholemicro-shearingfoliationinjection testsanford underground research facilitysurfegshydraulicgeophysicsdisplacementflow rate

Utah FORGE 3-2535: Report on Geodetic Observations of Fracture Development During April 2024 Stimulations

Apr 28, 2025
1.29 MB
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This report presents geodetic observations from the April 2024 stimulations at the Utah FORGE site, as part of LBNL FORGE Project 3-2535. It focuses on Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS) data from an optical fiber in well 16B, capturing localized strain linked to fracture propagatio...
Authors
Vasco, D. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsdistributed strain sensingdssfiber-optic sensingmicroseismicityfracture stimulationgeodetic monitoringinsarsubsurface deformationhydraulic fracturingseismicityfracture modelingreservoir characterizationtechnical reportprocessed dataapril 2024stimulation

Improved Microseismicity Detection During Newberry EGS Stimulations

Oct 01, 2013
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Effective enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimal fracture networks for efficient heat transfer between hot rock and fluid. Microseismic mapping is a key tool used to infer the subsurface fracture geometry. Traditional earthquake detection and location techniques are oft...
Authors
Templeton, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalegsseismicitymicroseismicitystimulationfracturereservoirearthquakesmonitoringmicroseismicseismicnewberry

Improved Microseismicity Detection During Newberry EGS Stimulations

Nov 01, 2013
214.5 kB
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Effective enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimal fracture networks for efficient heat transfer between hot rock and fluid. Microseismic mapping is a key tool used to infer the subsurface fracture geometry. Traditional earthquake detection and location techniques are oft...
Authors
Templeton, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalegsseismicitymicroseismicitystimulationfracturereservoirngds content modelusgin content modelinduced seismicitynewberrymicroearthquakemonitoringmeasurementdetectionhydrualic

Mapping Fracture Network Creation with Microseismicity During EGS Demonstrations

Apr 18, 2014
9.07 MB
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This a report for the project "Mapping Fracture Network Creation with Microseismicity During EGS Demonstrations". Effective enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) require optimal fracture networks for efficient heat transfer between hot rock and fluid. Microseismic mapping is a key too...
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Templeton, D. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalmicroseismicegsfracture creationmappingalgorithmmicroseismicityfracturingfracturenewberry

Fallon FORGE: Distinct Element Reservoir Modeling

Mar 12, 2018
57.97 MB
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Archive containing input/output data for distinct element reservoir modeling for Fallon FORGE. Models created using 3DEC, InSite, and in-house Python algorithms (ITASCA). List of archived files follows; please see 'Modeling Metadata.pdf' (included as a resource below) for addition...
Authors
Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergyegsforgefallonnevadastresshydro-shearinghydraulic fracturesgeomechanicsthermalmicroseismicitygeometrycirculationstimulationreservoir modelvetted-nopython codescriptmicroseimicwell trajectoriesfracture aperturehydroshearingstereonet plotspercent fracture slip vs pressureinjectionstressesdfngeologic structurejoint networkleakoff ratioshear stimulatedshear displacementnormal displacementopenholecasedthermal drawdownseismicitywell locationsreservoir mappingmiocroearthquakesmeqthermal modelingfracture tendancymicroseismicanalysisanalysesmodellingmodelreservoir

Utah FORGE 3-2535: Final Report on Joint Electromagnetic, Seismic, and InSAR Imaging of Fracture Growth During EGS Resource Development

May 30, 2025
2 MB
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This dataset contains the final technical report for the project Joint Electromagnetic/Seismic/InSAR Imaging of Spatial-Temporal Fracture Growth and Estimation of Physical Fracture Properties During EGS Resource Development, carried out from 2021 to 2025 by Lawrence Berkeley Natio...
Authors
Alumbaugh, D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsseismicelectromageneticgeodeticdistributed fiber-optic sensingdata acquisitiondata processingdata interpretationtechnical reportinsarfracture growthfracture propertiesgeophysicsgeomechanics

Utah FORGE: Well 16A(78)-32 Hydraulic Fracturing Stage 8 Crosswell Strain FDI and Microseismic Presentations April 2024

Nov 07, 2024
96 MB
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This is a pair of PowerPoint presentations from Neubrex Energy Services (US), LLC. The presentations review work done in April 2024 on crosswell strain fracture driven interactions (FDI) and microseismic event monitoring during hydraulic fracturing in stage 8 of Utah FORGE well 16...
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Jurick, D. et al Neubrex Energy Services (US), LLC
geothermalenergywell 16a16acrosswell strainfdimicroseismicneubrexstrainstrain raterfs strain16bfar field strainfracture driven interactionsstage 8utah forgeegsprocessed datatechnical reportcrosswellhydraulic fracturingstimulation16a78-3216b78-32fiber optic sensingdistributed strain sensingdssgeophysics

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

Newberry EGS Demonstration: Initial Project Report and Induced Seismicity Mitigation Plan, 2011

May 05, 2024
70.06 MB
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This is the first project report and induced seismicity mitigation plan for the Newberry Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Demonstration project. The primary objectives of this first phase were to obtain necessary permits and comply with all regulations, including NEPA, communica...
Authors
Cladouhos, T. et al AltaRock Energy Inc
geothermalenergynewberryegsdemonstrationvolcanoaltarockoregongeologygeologic modelconceptual resource modelseismicityinduced seismicitymitigationmaximum magnitudein situ stresspermittingstimulationreservoir characterizationdrilling planwell testingrisk mitigationreporting

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

Utah FORGE: Microseismic Surface Network Catalogs for Wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 Stimulation 2022 and Circulation 2023

Feb 09, 2024
32.36 kB
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This dataset includes microseismic surface network catalogs for Utah FORGE. Data were recorded during the stimulation of well 16A(78)-32 in 2022 and the circulation tests between wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 in 2023. Near-surface seismic monitoring during circulation experimen...
Authors
Niemz, P. et al University of Utah Seismograph Stations
geothermalenergyutah forgewell 16a78-32well 16b78-3216a16bmicroseismic datamicroseismiccirculation testcirculationstimulationfracingroosevelt hot springseismic dataseismicegsmicroseismic eventscataloggeophysics

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

Jan 30, 2023
5.8 MB
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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...
Authors
Gritto, R. Array Information Technology
geothermalenergy3d seismic velocity modelseismic resolutionseismicgeophysicsreservoirmodelvelocityforgeutah forgeegscharacterizationreportpreliminarymilfordphasenetneural networkingmachine learningdeep learning

Utah FORGE: 2024 Stimulations Microseismic Event Catalog from Seismic Surface Network

Jul 29, 2024
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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...
Authors
Niemz, P. et al University of Utah Seismograph Stations
geothermalenergyutah forgeseismic dataseismicstimulationwell 16b78-32 stimulationseismicitystimulation seismic dataegs2024 stimulationcatalogmicroseismic event catalogevent catalogsurface monitoring networkgeophysicsmagnitude calibrationresearch articleprocessed datadata catalogseismograph stationshydraulic fracturingreservoir engineering

Utah FORGE: Temperature-Dependent Fracture Seismicity from Fluid Injection Experiments

Feb 29, 2024
4.34 MB
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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...
Authors
Wang, J. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyegstemperaturefracture seismicityfluid injectionshear stressdisplacementpore pressureexperimental geomechanicsgeomechanicshigh temperature rock mechanicsraw dataseismicitygraniteutah forgefracture mechanicsstimulation

Utah FORGE: Neubrex Well 16B(78)-32 DAS Data April 2024

Oct 01, 2024
97.48 TB
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This dataset comprises Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data collected from the Utah FORGE monitoring well 16B(78)-32 (the producer well) during hydraulic fracture stimulation operations conducted in April 2024. The data were acquired continuously over the stimulation period at ...
Authors
Jurick, D. et al Neubrex Energy Services (US), LLC
geothermalenergydasacoustic sensingmicroseismiccrosswell strain ratefracture driven interactionsfdidistributed acoustic sensinginjection allocationstrain rateutah forgeegsstimulation16b 78-3216a 78-32mircroseismicityneubrexraw datahdf5h5time gated

Utah FORGE 3-2417: DAS-derived Moment Tensors from the 16A/16B Stimulation April, 2024

Aug 22, 2025
1.41 MB
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This dataset contains a catalog of moment tensors derived from distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) data acquired during stimulation of Utah FORGE Well 16A, conducted between April 3 and April 7, 2024. The data were generated as part of the FOGMORE (Fiber Optic MOnitoring for Reserv...
Authors
Vera Rodriguez, I. et al Rice University
geothermalenergyutah forgedasmicroseismicmoment tensorenhanced geothermalegsfogmoresilixa16a stimulationdistributed acoustic sensingfiber opticsseismic monitoringstimulationmicroseismicitycarinaidasseismic inversiongeophysicssubsurface characterizationseismic momentconfidence indexcondition numbermoment catalogprocessed data

Utah FORGE: Development of a Reservoir Seismic Velocity Model and Seismic Resolution Study

Apr 30, 2022
15.3 MB
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This is data from and a final report on the development of a 3D velocity model for the larger FORGE area and on the seismic resolution in the stimulated fracture volume at the bottom of well 16A-32. The velocity model was developed using RMS velocities of the seismic reflection su...
Authors
Vasco, D. and Chan, C. Array Information Technology
geothermalenergyseismic velocity modelseismic resolution3d p-wave3d s-waveseismicraw dataprocessed datawell 16a-32utah forge

Utah FORGE: Well 58-32 Stimulation Conference Paper and Data

Apr 24, 2019
1.8 MB
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (U.S. DOE) Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) is a field laboratory that provides a unique opportunity to develop and test new technologies for characterizing, creating and sustaining Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in ...
Authors
Best, S. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgeopen hole stimulationwell 58-32 stimulationwell 58-32utah geothermalgrgegsdisccrete fracture flowreservoir stimulationstimulationhydraulic fracturingphase 2cforgepressureflowbackratetemperaturehydraulicflowutahopen-holemilfordroosevelt hot springspre-processedupper perforationlower perforationmicroseismicitydasdistributed acoustic sensinggeophysics

Utah FORGE 5-2419: Seismicity-Permeability Relationships Probed via Nonlinear Acoustic Imaging 2025 Workshop Presentation

Sep 18, 2025
128.96 MB
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This is a presentation on the Seismicity-Permeability Relationships Probed via Nonlinear Acoustic Imaging project by Pennsylvania State University, presented by Derek Elsworth. The project's objectives were to explore controls and acoustic signatures of aseismic through seismic ev...
Authors
Elsworth, D. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsseismicitypermeabilitynonlinear acoustic imagingfracture reactivationfriction stabilitystress statestimulationgeomechanics2025 annual workshoppresentationpresentation recordingpresentation slidesreport

EGS Collab Experiment 1: Microseismic Monitoring

Jul 29, 2019
2.83 TB
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Collab project aims to improve our understanding of hydraulic stimulations in crystalline rock for enhanced geothermal energy production through execution of intensely monitored meso-scale experiments. The first expe...
Authors
Schoenball, M. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegs collabsurfhydraulicfracturingstimulationsanford underground research facilityexperimentegsmicroseismic monitoringmeso-scale stimulationssandford underground researchmesoscale experimentscrystalline rock3d sensorleadsouth dakotasta/lta triggering algorithmmicroseismicitycatalograw dataprocessed databinary file interpreterpythongeospatial data

Seismic Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Fracture Generation During EGS Resource Development Full Moment Tensors and Stress Inversion Catalogs

Sep 26, 2018
51.03 kB
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This submission contains 167 full moment tensor (MT) solutions for the seismicity observed two years prior and three years post start of injection activities. Also included are the azimuth and plunge angles for the three main stress directions sigma1, sigma 2 and sigma 3 at the P...
Authors
Gritto, R. et al Array Information Technology
geothermalenergyseismic moment tensorstress orientationstress changesinversiongeysersegsenhanced geothermalazimuthplungemincroseismicityinjectionstimulationreservoirthe geysershigh temperature reservoirfull mtsolutionspassiveseismicseismicitymicroseismicitymonitoringarraymomenttensorcataloganalysisinducedstressprati 32demonstrationfracturespatio-temporalgenerationresourcedevelopmenthydraulicfaultingfaultearthquakegeophysicsgeophysical

STRESSINVERSE Software for Stress Inversion

Oct 31, 2018
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The STRESSINVERSE code uses an iterative method to find the nodal planes most consistent with the stress field given fault frictional properties. STRESINVERSE inverts the strike, rake and dip from moment tensor solutions for the in-situ state of stress. The code iteratively solves...
Authors
Gritto, R. Array Information Technology
geothermalenergystress inversioninversionstressseismicanalysisstressinversejointfault orientationmatlabcodenumericalmomenttensorsoftwarepassivefaultfaultingearthquakeorientationgeophysicsgeophysicalmicroseismicityinducedseismicitystimulationegsinjectionfracturemonitoringhydraulicgeneration

Newberry EGS Demonstration: Well 55-29 Stimulation Data

Dec 08, 2012
273.53 MB
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The Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration in central Oregon, a 3 year project started 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 ...
Authors
T., T. AltaRock Energy Inc
geothermalegsdiverter materialmicroseismic monitoringtemperature monitoringgroundwater monitoringnewgengeophysical logsdiverter injectionseismicwell constructiondaily reporttracer injection and groundwater monitoringlithologytemperaturegeochemistrystimulation datapublicationswhpflowstimulationhydraulicwaterseismicitymonitoringmicroseismicitywelllogdrillingreportcataloggeophysicscasing55-29diverterstzim

Utah FORGE: Microseismic Events

Jul 08, 2019
262.54 kB
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This archive contains Excel spreadsheets containing microseismic events detected in the study area during Utah FORGE Phase 2C. The Readme file included that describes the meaning of the abbreviations used as field headers in the spreadsheets. Additionally, there is a .dat (text) f...
Authors
Rutledge, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgeutah forge phase 2cutahmicroseismic eventsegsfracturereservoirstimulationmicroseismicityseismicitystressmilfordinjectionfrature networkhypocentersspectralmicroearthquakesforgephase 2croosevelt hot springsprocessed data
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