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Utah FORGE: Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment from Laboratory Fault Reactivation Experiments

Sep 16, 2025
5.43 GB
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This dataset contains experimental and acoustic data from shear reactivation tests that investigate the relationship between fluid-injection rate, pore pressure distribution, and seismic moment during laboratory fault slip. It includes raw mechanical data and acoustic emission rec...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityegsgeomechanicsutah forgegranitoidlaboratory experimentsfault reactivationshear slipfluid injectioninjection ratepore pressurepore pressure distributionseismic momentacoustic emissionspermeabilitytriaxial testingshear stressaxial displacementpressure vesselmechinical datatime-series dataraw dataprocessed datamatlab

Data for Uncontained Ruptures Reduce Energetics of Triggered Seismicity: Laboratory Fault Reactivation Experiments

Apr 13, 2026
43.25 MB
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The dataset contains raw mechanical data from laboratory fault reactivation experiments on pre-stressed granite/granitoid samples, along with experimental parameters and MATLAB processing code for data deduction. The raw time-series data were recorded using a triaxial-shear appara...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
injection-induced seismicityfault pre-stressseismic moment scalingrupture regimesinduced seismicitytriggered seismicityfault reactivationfluid injectionearthquake magnitudeforecastingrupture mechanicscontained ruptureuncontained ruptureseismic momentlaboratory experimentsraw datatriaxial sheargranitegranitoidgeomechanicsshear displacementaxial displacementmatlab

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Data for Emergent Pore Pressure Heterogeneity Controlling Slip Timing and Microseismicity

Mar 02, 2026
45.1 MB
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Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that explore the effects of pore pressure heterogeneity on microseismic character and fault slip timing resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical and acoustic data from 15 experiments are i...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicitypore pressure heterogeneitygeomechanicsshear experimentsinjection rateutah forgeegsfault reactivationmicroseismicityacoustic emissionsfault slip timinglaboratory datatriaxial deformationgranitoid coresfluid injectionraw data

Active Source Seismic (Ultrasonic) Data from Double-Direct Shear Lab Experiments

May 05, 2021
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Active source ultrasonic data from lab experiments p5270 and p5271 including raw waveforms (WF) and mechanical data (mat). From the PSU team working on the "Machine Learning Approaches to Predicting Induced Seismicity and Imaging Geothermal Reservoir Properties" project. The fric...
Authors
Marone, C. Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyseismicactive sourcelaboratoryfriction experimentultrasonicgeophysicsmicroseismicitylab dataraw datawaveformsmechanical datapreprocessedmatlabacousticsacousticbiaxial testing apparatusultrasonic acoustic monitoring systemmachine learningdeep learningaiartificial intelligenceseismic forecastingearthquake forecastingfault

Utah FORGE: Laboratory Fault Reactivation and Permeability Evolution During Fluid Injection

Sep 15, 2025
182.35 GB
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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 ...
Authors
Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityutah forgewesterly granitegranitoidpermeabilityshear stimulationegsfault reactivationfluid injectionpermeability evolutionseismicityacoustic emissionssingle inclined fractureshear stresspore pressuretriaxial testingmechanical datageomechanicsraw dataprocessed dataacoustic data

Utah FORGE: Direct Shear Tests on Saturated Sierra White Granite Joints at Elevated Temperatures

Nov 24, 2025
2.38 MB
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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...
Authors
Han, K. et al Purdue University
geothermalenergyutah forgesaturationgranitesierra white granitelab testdirect shear testshear strengthshear stressgeophysicsp-waves-waveelastic wave propagationegslaboratory datafracturesdirect shearraw datageomechanicssaturated fracturesshear displacementeffective normal stresspore pressureultrasonic measurementsgeophysical responserock mechanicsstimulation

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

Lab-Scale Stimulation Results on Surrogate Fused Silica Samples

Jul 06, 2016
73.74 kB
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Lab-scale stimulation work on non-porous fused silica (similar mechanical properties to igneous rock) was performed using pure water, pure CO2 and water/CO2 mixtures to compare back to back fracturing performance of these fluids with PNNL's StimuFrac.
Authors
Fernandez, C. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermaleffective pressurefused silicastimufraclab-scale stimulationfracturing proformancehydraulic fracturingquartzfracking fluidpressuremeasured effective pressuresupercritical co2reservoir stimulationegs

Stimulation at Desert Peak Modeling with the Coupled THM Code FEHM

Apr 30, 2013
223.65 MB
Publicly accessible
Numerical modeling of the 2011 shear stimulation at the Desert Peak Well 27-15 using a coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical simulator. This submission contains the finite element heat and mass transfer (FEHM) executable code for a 64-bit PC Windows-7 machine, and the input and ...
Authors
Kelkar, S. et al Los Alamos National Laboratory
geothermalshear stimulationmodelingegsfehmthmthermal-hydrological-mechanicalsimulationstimulation

Utah FORGE 5-2565: Final Report on the Evolution of Permeability and Strength Recovery of Shear Fracture Under Hydrothermal Conditions

Aug 24, 2025
3.52 MB
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This report discusses the results of research on the ability to create and/or reactivate and subsequently sustain fracture systems which are strongly influenced by complexly coupled mechanical (M) and chemical (C) processes in reservoirs forced from equilibrium by hydraulic stimul...
Authors
Jeppson, T. et al United States Geological Survey
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsenhanced geothermal systemsfluid-rock interactionsthmc processesfracture evolutionusgsfracturesgeothermal resorvoirsfracture reactivationthmcmechanicalchemicalhydraulic stimulationthermal drawdownfinal reporttechnical report

A Thermal-Hydrological-Chemical Model for the EGS Demonstration Project at Newberry Volcano, OR

Jan 30, 2012
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Newberry Volcano in Central Oregon is the site of a Department of Energy funded Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) Demonstration Project. Stimulation and production of an EGS is a strong perturbation to the physical and chemical environment, giving rise to coupled Thermal-Hydrologic...
Authors
Sonnenthal, E. et al National Energy Technology Laboratory
geothermalnewberryoregonegsenhanced geothermal systemnewgenthermalhydrologychemicalmodelcross-sectionsstimulationinjectionhydrologicaldemonstrationmechanical

Utah FORGE: Documentation on Discrete Fracture Network and Fracture Propagation Modelling

Feb 07, 2023
6.04 MB
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This dataset includes reports and a slide presentation on discrete fracture network (DFN) generation and hydraulic fracture modeling at the Utah FORGE site. It details the characterization of natural fractures using well log and core data, as well as stochastic modeling techniques...
Authors
Sharma, M. and Cao, M. University of Texas
utah forgegeothermalfracture modellingdiscrete fracture modellingfracture propagation modellingutah forge fracture modellingdfnwell 16a78-32well 58-32fracture propagationegsenhanced geothermal systemsstimulationprocessed data

Utah FORGE 5-2428: Fracture Permeability Impact on Reservoir Stress and Seismic Slip Behavior 2025 Workshop Presentation

Sep 18, 2025
129.18 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a presentation on the Fracture Permeability Impact on Seismic Slip Behavior project by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presented by Dr. Kayla A. Kroll. The project's objective is to develop, apply and validate a holistic thermal, hydrologic, mechanical, and chemica...
Authors
Kroll, K. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergyutah forgeegs2025 annual workshopfracture permeabilityinduced seismicityseismic slipthmcreservoir modelinghydromechanical behaviorpresentationpresentation recordingpresentation slidesreport

Utah FORGE 5-2428: Fracture Permeability Impact on Reservoir Stress and Seismic Slip Behavior 2023 Annual Workshop Presentation

Sep 08, 2023
79.68 MB
Publicly accessible
This is a presentation on the Fracture Permeability Impact on Seismic Slip Behavior project by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presented by Dr. Kayla A. Kroll. The project's objective is to develop, apply and validate a holistic thermal, hydrologic, mechanical, and chemic...
Authors
Kroll, K. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalenergyannual workshop2023utah forgeegsthmcinduced seismicityseismic slipearthquake simulationspressure statestress statepredictionsseismic hazardresource optimizationmitigationgeomechanicalgeochemicalslip-induced permeabilitycoupled processesfracture permeabilitypresentationstochastic parameter estimationslip simulation

Thermal Drawdown Induced Flow Channeling in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Nov 15, 2015
16.88 MB
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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...
Authors
Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
geothermalthermal drawdownflow channelingthermomechanical couplingreservoir simulationstimulationegsenhanced geothermal reservoirsexplosive fracturing

Utah FORGE: Final Topical Report 2018

Apr 07, 2018
173.06 MB
Publicly accessible
This is the final topical report for the Phase 2B Utah FORGE project, which is located near Roosevelt Hot Springs, Utah. This PDF format report details results associated with the conceptual geologic model, deep well 58-32, rock geomechanics, reservoir temperatures, seismic survey...
Authors
Moore, J. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyforgeutah forgeroosevelt hot springsutah forge phase 2butah forge 2b final reportutah forge final reportutah forge 2bconceptual geologic modelgeologystructuralsoil gas surveyseismic reflectiontemperature profilewell 58-32geomechanical propertiesstress analysisseismic monitoringmicroseismicityinduced seismicityseismicitytemtransient electromagneticspermeabilitypetrology cuttingsco2hecarbon dioxideheliumismpinduced seismicity mitigation planenvironmental impact assessmenttechno-economic assessmentoutreachgeophysicswellpetrologyhydrochemistryfracturesgravitypermittinginfrastrutureseismic mitigationenvironmental assessmentrock stressgeomechanicssoil gasdfnconstructionquaternary faultsutahegsmilford

Newberry EGS Demonstration: Well 55-29 Stimulation Data 2014

Sep 03, 2015
308.58 MB
Publicly accessible
The Newberry Volcano EGS Demonstration in central Oregon, a 5 year project begun 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 ru...
Authors
Cladhouhos, T. et al AltaRock Energy Inc
geothermalegsdiverter materialmicroseismic monitoringtemperature monitoringgroundwater monitoringstimulation datanewberrywell datainjectivitypts datadaily reportoperations summarytemperature at depthwell head pressuredtstemperaturedepthprofileflow testwhtwhpflow rateflow datapressure databackflow reportgeochemistrygroundwatergas chemistryfield temperatureplhsnewwpad-16pad-29nn-17nn-18ground watersurface waterelhspcgvcpad 16pad 29publicationsgrcstimulationresultspaperdemonstrationproduction wellaltarocksgwstanfordpresentationvolcano2014newberry volcanoenhanced geothermal systemtoughreactthermalhydrologicalmechanicalchemicalpressure fall-offdownhole pressure55-29ptspresssurespinnersurveychartgraphreportdatamonitoring dataseismic dataseismicinduced seismisityanalysisfinal reportfoulger consultinginjectioninduced seismicitymitigationplanaddendumeventlocationsistirawclusteredoutputpnsnwell constructionwellboreschematiccasinghole depthsultrasonicflowratemanual readingsweir boxmeqmicroseismicity

Utah FORGE: Fault Shear Reactivation Experimental Data for Fluid Injection-Rate Controls on Seismic Moment

Nov 07, 2023
12.98 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are experimental data recorded from shear experiments that specifically explore the link between fluid-injection rate and seismic moment resulting from shear reactivation of laboratory faults. Raw mechanical data from three experiments are included alongside corresponding...
Authors
Roseboom, M. et al Pennsylvania State University
geothermalenergyinduced seismicityinjection rateegsseismic momentgeomechanicsgeophysicsutah forgeshearmatlabshear experimentsraw datacodecore experimenttemcoconfining pressurepore pressureaxial pressureshear displacementfracturealong-fault pressureconstant shear stress

Utah FORGE: Fault Reactivation Through Fluid Injection Induced Seismicity Laboratory Experiments

Jul 01, 2023
119.91 MB
Publicly accessible
Included are results from shear reactivation experiments on laboratory faults pre-loaded close to failure and reactivated by the injection of fluid into the fault. The sample comprises a single-inclined-fracture (SIF) transecting a cylindrical sample of Westerly granite. All expe...
Authors
Yu, J. et al Pennsylvania State University
energyinduced seismicityegsutah forgewesterly graniteraw datacodematlabfault activationinjection testpressureflow ratereactivationshearfluid

Cape EGS: Frisco Pad Flow Test Microseismic DAS Data

Feb 11, 2026
21.05 GB
Awaiting release
This dataset contains microseismic data acquired during the Frisco pad flow test project led by Fervo Energy, conducted between August and September 2025 near the Utah FORGE geothermal site. The data were recorded using a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) fiber installed in well ...
Authors
Kanu, O. Fervo Energy
geothermalenergycape egsegsfervo energyutah forgedistributed acoustic sensingdasfiber-optic sensingmicroseismic monitoringinduced seismicitywell 16bfrisco padflow teststrain-ratehdf5h5silixa idasdownhole fiber-optic sensinggeophysicsraw data

Raw Neutron Scattering Data for Strain Measurement of Hydraulically Loaded Granite and Marble Samples in Triaxial Stress State

May 23, 2014
22.11 MB
Publicly accessible
This entry contains raw data files from experiments performed on the Vulcan beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory using a pressure cell. Cylindrical granite and marble samples were subjected to confining pressures of either 0 psi or approximate...
Authors
Polsky, Y. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
geothermalneutronstrainhydraulic fracturingegsdiffractiongranitemarbletriaxialhydraulic fracturestressneutron scatteringvulcan beamline

Utah FORGE: Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data 2022

Apr 29, 2022
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This is a link to the website where Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) seismic data, collected from wells 78-32 and 78B-32 during the Utah FORGE 2022 stimulation, is available for download. The data can be accessed at "Well 16A78-32 2022 Stimulation Seismicity Data" link in the su...
Authors
Pankow, K. University of Utah Seismograph Stations
geothermalutah forge seismic dataseismic dataseismicitydas seismic datawell 16a78-32 stimulationwell 16a78-32stimulationsegydataraw dataseismicsilixawellseismograph

Utah FORGE: Triggered DAS and Continuous Downhole Geophone Data from April 2024 Stimulations

Apr 01, 2024
35.23 TB
Publicly accessible
This dataset contains distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and downhole geophone data collected during the April 2024 stimulation experiments at the Utah FORGE site. DAS data were acquired from well 16B(78)-32 by Neubrex and processed by GeoEnergie Suisse (GES), covering the period ...
Authors
Dyer, B. et al Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
geothermalenergyutah forgeegsdasdistributed acoustic sensingseismictriggered eventsgeophonesdownholedownhole seismicneubrexgeoenergie suissegesaprill 2024stimulationhydraulic fracturingcountinuous dataraw dataprocessed datageophysics58-3216b78-3256-32monitoring well

Utah FORGE: 2022 Well Stimulation Seismicity Data Including SeGY Data

Apr 14, 2023
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This is a link to the Utah FORGE seismic data distribution site hosted by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. The data was collected from downhole geophone strings in wells 56-32, 58-32 and 78B-32 during the 2022 stimulation of well 16A(78)-32. This dataset, which was upd...
Authors
Pankow, K. University of Utah Seismograph Stations
geothermalenergyutah forgewell stimulation seismic data16a78-32 stimulation seismic datageophone datawell 56-32 geophoneswell 58-32 geophoneswell 78b-32 geophonesseismicitysgy datasegy datastimulationwell 56-32well 58-32well 16a78-32well 78b-32raw dataprocessed data

EGS Collab Experiment 1 Stimulation Data

Aug 13, 2020
376.67 MB
Publicly accessible
Stimulation data from Experiment 1 of EGS Collab, which occurred on the 4850 ft level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). A detailed description of the stimulation data is provided in the StimulationDataNotes.docx and is also available on the EGS Collab Wiki. A M...
Authors
Knox, H. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
geothermalenergyegs collabsurfhydraulicfracturingstimulationsanford underground research facilityexperimentegs4850injection ratepressureflowinjection testinjectiontemperaturewell datae1-pe1-iraw data
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