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Supercritical Drilling Materials Analysis: Drilling and Completion Materials Database

Sep 18, 2025
457.8 kB
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This dataset compiles information on geothermal wells drilled into supercritical and near-supercritical conditions, with a focus on drilling and completion materials, fluid chemistry, and laboratory validation studies. The data are drawn from well reports, scientific literature, a...
Authors
Kibikas, W. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergysupercritical geothermaldrilling materialscompletion materialsgeothermal wellsdrill bitscasingdrill stringslinerscementdrilling fluidslost circulation materialslcmfluid chemistrymaterial performanceliterature reviewcasing connections

Supercritical Drilling Materials Analysis: Report on Resources, Challenges, and Needed Technologies

May 01, 2026
19.98 MB
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This report describes a comprehensive review of 49 existing supercritical geothermal wells to inform future geothermal drilling attempts and avoid previous failure points and understand material and testing limitations, while collating information gathered in a publicly accessible...
Authors
Kibikas, W. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergysupercriticaldrilling materialswell completionwellborematerial validationmaterial testinglaboratory experimentswell casingcasing connectionscementdrill bitfluid chemistrylost circulation materialslinerdrill stringsmaterial performancefailure pointsliterature reviewsupercritical wellsgeothermal wellsgeochemistrycirculationdrilling fluidstechnical reportnesjavellirhengillreykjaneskraflalarderellocampi flegreinisyroskakkondapunathe geyserssalton sealos humerosmenengai

COMSOL Models and Simulation Results for Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems with Thermal Enhancements

Dec 15, 2023
91.3 MB
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The Closed-Loop Geothermal Working Group and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have studied the performance of disc-shaped and linear thermal enhancements (conductive material introduced around a wellbore) in closed-loop geothermal systems. COMSOL models were develop...
Authors
Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergythermal enhancementscosmolsimulationmodelclosed-loopsteady-statetransientsimulation resultsassessmentclosed loop geothermal

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

Lost Circulation Materials in Geothermal Drilling: Thermal Degradation, Viscosity, Compression, and Flow Loop Tests

Feb 01, 2022
2.29 GB
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This dataset provides a set of experimental data on the performance of lost circulation materials (LCMs) used in geothermal drilling operations. It includes results from four distinct tests: thermal degradation, viscosity measurements, compression tests, and high-temperature flow ...
Authors
Kibikas, W. et al Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalenergylost circulation materialslcmgeothermal drillingdrillingraw dataprocessed datamass loss measurementslost circulation managementdegradationthermal degradationdegradation patternrheologyfluiddrilliing fluidhigh temperatureflow testcompression testflow loop testsealingviscosity measurements

Life Cycle Analysis Data and Results for Geothermal and Other Electricity Generation Technologies

Jun 04, 2013
224.61 kB
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Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an environmental assessment method that quantifies the environmental performance of a product system over its entire lifetime, from cradle to grave. Based on a set of relevant metrics, the method is aptly suited for comparing the environmental performa...
Authors
Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory
geothermallife cycle analysisenergy ratiosmaterial requirementsgreenhouse gas emissionselectricity generating technologiesplant materialsgreenhouse gas emissioncoproducedmprratioghglife cycleanalysislcaenvironmentalassessment

Community Resilience through Low-Temperature Geothermal Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage

Jan 29, 2022
912.28 MB
Publicly accessible
Submitted data include simulations related to underground thermal battery (UTB) simulations described in Modeling and efficiency study of large scale underground thermal battery deployment, presented at GRC, October 2021. The UTB is comprised of a tank of water, a helical heat ex...
Authors
Nico, P. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
geothermalenergyground source heat pumpgshpheat pumpunderground thermal batteryutbthermal storagephase change materialheat exchangermodelsimulationmodelingenergy storagebatteryalternative technologyperformance modelcost reductionlow-cost alternative

Auto Indexer Auto-Indexer for Percussive Hammers: Vane Motor Dynamometer Testing

Jan 01, 2012
73.8 kB
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Objectives Options associated with geothermal drilling operations are generally limited by factors such as formation temperature and rock strength. The objective of the research is to expand the "tool box" available to the geothermal driller by furthering the development of a hig...
Authors
Su, J. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermaldrillinghigh-temperature toolsauto indexerair-driven vane motordynamometerhigh temperature drilling motorpercussive hammerdown-the-hole-hammerhigh temeprature drillingdirectional drilling

Thermoelectric Materials Development for Low Temperature Geothermal Power Generation

Jan 29, 2016
165.33 kB
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Data includes characterization results for novel thermoelectric materials developed specifically for power generation from low temperature geothermal brines. Materials characterization data includes material density, thickness, resistance, Seebeck coefficient. This research was ca...
Authors
Hansen, T. Southern Research Institute
geothermalthermoelectricbrineseebeckthermoelectric power generationmaterial developmentthermoelectric material evaluationresistivitymaterial densitythicknessresistanceseebeck coefficient

Techno-Economic Assessment for Integrating Biosorption into Rare Earth Recovery Process

Oct 09, 2017
1.2 MB
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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...
Authors
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergytearesource recoveryreerare earthbrinetailings

Material Properties for Brady Hot Springs Nevada USA from PoroTomo Project

Mar 06, 2019
242.91 MB
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The PoroTomo team has completed inverse modeling of the three data sets (seismology, geodesy, and hydrology) individually, as described previously. The estimated values of the material properties are registered on a three-dimensional grid with a spacing of 25 meters between nodes....
Authors
Feigl, K. and PoroTomo Team, . University of Wisconsin
geothermalenergyporotomoseismologygeodesyhydrologynevadabrady hot springsporoelastic tomographyinversionmodeling3dmaterialpropertiesunconsolidatedfracturedshallowstructuraltrendsgeologystrikedipthermal contractionpressuresubsidencepumpinghydraulic conductivityrateseismic amplitudefaultzonepermeableconduitfluidreservoirconceptualmodelpropertydensityp-waves-waveseismicvelocityyoungs moduluspoissons ratiointerferometrytemperaturelithologystrain rate

Techno-Economic Assessment for Integrating Biosorption into Rare Earth Recovery Process

Jul 01, 2017
892.87 kB
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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 ...
Authors
Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergyteabioreactorrare earthadsorptionbiosorptiontechno-economiceconomicsreeresource recoverycostanalysispricecash flowfeedstockmass balancebrine

Numerical Modeling for Hydraulic Fracture Prediction

Apr 26, 2016
1.1 MB
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Numerical modeling on fused silica cylindrical materials for predicting overpressures required to fracture an homogeneous pure (surrogate) material with known mechanical properties similar to igneous rock materials and later compare these values to experimental overpressures obtai...
Authors
Gupta, V. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
silicafracturingmodelingoverpressurepredictionnumerical modelingmechanical propertiesfused silica surrogate cylindrical samplesmaterial p[ropertiesfused quartzstress distributioncrack extensionstress intensity factorinternal pressureconfining pressurevariationstimulationreservoir

Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios

Mar 14, 2014
68.11 kB
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The information given in this file pertains to Argonne life-cycle analyses (LCAs) of the plant cycle stage for a set of ten new geothermal scenario pairs, each comprised of a reference and improved case. These analyses were conducted to compare environmental performances among the...
Authors
Sullivan, J. Argonne National Laboratory
geothermalalternative scenarioslife cycle metricsgreenhouse gas ratioslcoeslcaghg ratioenergy ratiomaterial to power ratioslife-cycle analysescost of energylevelizedmaterial to power ratiomprgetemevaluatiionresourceinventoryhydrothermaleconomicevaluationcostenergyratioghgfossil fuelpowerproductionscenarios

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Water-Foam Fracturing of Granite Rock

May 04, 2021
11.74 GB
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In addition to the foam data that were obtained from literature and that were collected from the current study, simulation data was also generated from finite element analysis (FEA) conducted in this study using COMSOL Multiphysics software. The FEA models were built to simulate t...
Authors
Thakor, V. et al Temple University
finite element analysisenhanced geothermal systemfoam fracturinggraniteegsgeothermalenergysimulationfeamodelcomsolsolid mechanicsfoam fracturing fluidfoamfracturing fluid

Utah FORGE: Core Material Friction Experiments

Mar 15, 2023
696.08 MB
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The following folders contain 3 friction experiments on Utah FORGE core material from depths of 6735 8533ft. The experiment conditions range from 100% relative humidity at room temperature to fluid-saturated at 110C. Experiments were done on both intact samples in a single-direct ...
Authors
Marone, C. et al Pennsylvania State University
utah forgegeothermalenergyfriction experimentsintact samplesgouge sampleshigh temperaturepore fluid pressuredrained boundary conditionspermeabilityvelocity stepshealingraw dataprocessed data

Purdue University: Results of B-Value Tests for Rock Saturation

Jun 20, 2022
2.73 MB
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This dataset includes an Excel file with the results of B-value tests to determine the magnitude of the back pressure required for full saturation of Sierra White granite samples. Test were conducted on cylindrical rock specimens of Sierra White granite in a custom water pressuriz...
Authors
Han, K. et al Purdue University
geothermalenergyutah forgeb-valuesaturationrock saturationgranitelab testmaterialmaterial siencesierra white granitetesttestingmaterialsrockb valueprocessed data

SMP and Fracture Modeling

Oct 01, 2021
8.59 MB
Publicly accessible
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

Application of Neutron Imaging to Investigate Flow through Fractures for EGS

Feb 01, 2013
605.12 kB
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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...
Authors
Polsky, Y. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory
geothermalneutron imagingfracture flowegsneutron imaging fracture flowhigh pressurehigh temperaturenoninvasivegeochemistrymaterial effectsneutron

SMP Preparation, Programming, and Characterization

Oct 01, 2021
1.04 MB
Publicly accessible
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

Utah FORGE: Temperature-Dependent Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Granite from SCB Tests Dataset and Methods Report

Feb 23, 2026
617.16 kB
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This submission includes a methods report and an accompanying Excel dataset documenting temperature-dependent Mode-I fracture toughness (KIC) measurements for Utah FORGE granite obtained using semi-circular bending (SCB) tests in accordance with the ISRM Suggested Method. Testing ...
Authors
Dvory, N. and McLennan, J. University Of Utah
geothermalenergyfracturefracture toughnessforgeutah forgefracture propagationscb/nscbtemperaturelefmfpzegsmodel-ikicsemi-circular bendingscbnscbgranitehigh-temperature testingwell 58-32laboratory testingraw datatechnical reportgeomechanics

Utah FORGE: 58-32 Injection and Packer Performance, April and May 2019

Mar 22, 2020
832.08 kB
Publicly accessible
This is a PDF format summary report regarding the performance of a packer, which failed, and bridge plug used during the injection program in Utah FORGE deep Well 58-32, April and May, 2019.
Authors
McLennan, J. and Podgorney, R. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergypackerbridge pluginjection testwell 58-32forgeutah forgeegsperformancefailurestimlulationwell data

Preliminary performance of HT Datalink

Feb 11, 2014
70.8 kB
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Preliminary performance of high-temperature (HT) high-speed (HS) data link at room temperature over 5000 ft of wireline. The data shows ability of the data link to adapt by decreasing speed.
Authors
Cieslewski, G. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermaldata linkhigh temperaturehigh-speedadaptive data ratelogging cables

Performance, Cost, and Financial Parameters of Geothermal District Heating Systems for Market Penetration Modeling under Various Scenarios

Mar 23, 2017
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The U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Vision (GeoVision) Study is currently looking at the potential to increase geothermal deployment in the U.S. and to understand the impact of this increased deployment. This paper reviews 31 performance, cost, and financial parameters as inp...
Authors
Beckers, K. and Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
geothermalenergydirect-usedistrict heatingegsgdhenhancedengineeredgeovisionhydrothermaleconomicfinancialoperation and maintenanceomcostperformancedeploymentmarket

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

Sep 10, 2014
869.71 kB
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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...
Authors
Raymond, D. Sandia National Laboratories
geothermalmotordownholespecific energytorquepower sectionbit wearhydrostatic pressureheterogeneous rockheterogeneous geologynon-ideal drilling conditionspoor drilling conditionsoperationsperformance requirementsmotor power sectionsdrillingwellwellboreconstruction
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