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Pressure Sensor and Telemetry Methods for Measurement while Drilling in Geothermal Wells

Project status report as of end of 2011. Key milestones and accomplishments in the year 2011 include: Proof of feasibility of analog and digital components with their lifetime tested for more than 500 hours at 300 degrees C, Demonstration of ceramic-based packaging capable of su...

Vert, A. GE Global Research

Jan 01, 2012
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Utah FORGE 2-2446: Report on Laboratory Block Experiments with Six Different Combinations of Stresses and Rock Fabrics

This report documents a series of block-scale hydraulic fracturing experiments, simulating Utah FORGE conditions to investigate how different combinations of in situ stress regimes, well orientations, and thermal stress conditions influence fracture initiation and propagation. The...

Bunger, A. and Lu, Y. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 30, 2025
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Development of a Downhole Tracer and pH Measurement Instrument for Application in Geothermal Wells

Due the high temperature and pressure conditions found in geothermal wells, tracer studies designed to elucidate properties of geothermal reservoirs are traditionally conducted by pulling liquid samples from the wellhead. These samples are then sent off for analysis in a fixed lab...

Hess, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Sep 11, 2013
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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...

Elsworth, D. et al Pennsylvania State University

Aug 12, 2024
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Development of a Neutron Diffraction Based Experimental Capability for Investigating Hydraulic Fractures for EGS-like Conditions

Understanding the relationship between stress state, strain state and fracture initiation and propagation is critical to the improvement of fracture simulation capability if it is to be used as a tool for guiding hydraulic fracturing operations. The development of fracture predict...

Polsky, Y. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Feb 01, 2013
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Utah FORGE: Stress Ratio Dependence of Ultrasonic Anisotropy in Well 16B(78)-32 Core

This dataset contains high-pressure ultrasonic measurements on a foliated granitoid core from Well 16B(78)-32 at the Utah FORGE site. Ultrasonic P-waves and two orthogonal S-waves were measured concurrently parallel and perpendicular to the rock fabric. All measurements were mad...

Lisabeth, H. and Savage, H. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Apr 07, 2025
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Utah FORGE: Pump and Probe Test on an Intact Westerly Granite Sample

This dataset contains results from a pump and probe experiment conducted on an intact Westerly Granite sample with a diameter of 1 inch and a height of 1 3/8 inches. The experiment was performed within an aluminum triaxial pressure vessel (TEMCO) to investigate the non-linear acou...

Klinghammer, H. et al Pennsylvania State University

May 21, 2024
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Utah FORGE: Pump and Probe Test on a Mated Fracture Westerly Granite Sample

This dataset contains results from a pump and probe experiment conducted on a mated fracture Westerly Granite sample with a diameter of 1 inch and a height of 2 7/8 inches. The experiment was performed within an aluminum triaxial pressure vessel (TEMCO) to investigate the non-line...

Klinghammer, H. et al Pennsylvania State University

May 19, 2024
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DEMO-FTES Test 1: Water Flow, Pressure, Temperature, and Electrical Conductivity Data

This dataset contains 1-second and hourly resolution water flow rate, pressure, temperature, and electrical conductivity data collected during Test 1 of the DEMO Fracture Thermal Energy Storage (FTES) project at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) between December 10,...

Burghardt, J. et al Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Apr 16, 2025
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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 5-2615: Laboratory Data for Insights on Hydraulic Fracture Closure and Stress Measurement

This dataset includes data from injection/fall-off experiments conducted in controlled laboratory settings. The aim is to investigate the physics governing fracture closure and the associated stress measurements during hydraulic fracturing. These time series data include flow rat...

Ye, Z. and Ghassemi, A. University of Oklahoma

Jun 12, 2024
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Development of a Downhole Tool Measuring Real-Time Concentration of Ionic Tracers and pH in Geothermal Reservoirs

For enhanced or Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) geothermal brine is pumped to the surface via the production wells, the heat extracted to turn a turbine to generate electricity, and the spent brine re-injected via injection wells back underground. If designed properly, the sub...

Hess, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Mar 31, 2014
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Utah FORGE: Fault Reactivation Through Fluid Injection Induced Seismicity Laboratory Experiments

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...

Yu, J. et al Pennsylvania State University

Jul 01, 2023
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DCIF Westerly Granite AE Stress Effect Test (Task 3-1)

Directional Cooling-Induced Fracturing (DCIF) experiments were conducted on rectangular Westerly granite blocks (width=depth=4.0", height=2.0"). Liquid nitrogen was poured in a small, 1"-diameter copper cup attached to the top of the sample, and the resulting acoustic emissions (A...

Nakagawa, S. and Trzeciak, M. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jul 08, 2021
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EGS Collab Experiment 2: Results of Tracer Tests

Multiple sets of tracer tests were conducted at the EGS Collab Testbed 2 on the 4100 L at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), Lead, SD. The enclosed data package includes: tracer recovery results, water balance calculations and rationales, water flow measurement for ...

Neupane, G. et al Idaho National Laboratory

Jul 26, 2022
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Utah FORGE: Chemical-Based Tool Deployment Data for Inflow Detection at Wells 58-32 and 16B(78)-32 Summer 2024 Circulation Test

This dataset comprises field logging data collected during chemical-based tool deployments at the Utah FORGE geothermal site, specifically at monitoring well 58-32 and production well 16B(78)-32. Data acquisition occurred during the Summer 2024 circulation testing campaign, with t...

Sausan, S. et al Stanford University

Mar 31, 2025
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Utah FORGE 2-2439: A Multi-Component Approach to Characterizing In-Situ Stress: Laboratory, Modeling and Field Measurement Workshop Presentation

This is a presentation on A Multi-Component Approach to Characterizing In-Situ Stress at the U.S DOE FORGE EGS Site: Laboratory, Modeling and Field Measurement project by Battelle [Columbus, OH], presented by Mark Kelley. The project's objective was to characterize stress in the U...

Kelley, M. and Bunger, A. Battelle Memorial Institute

Sep 08, 2023
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INGENIOUS Thermal Conductivity Measurement Source Categorization

Thermal conductivity (TC) data taken for different wells at a specified drill depth. This is an abridged version of the complete SMU heat flow database, downloaded from the SMU node of the NGDS at the beginning of INGENIOUS (approximately April 2021), and filtered to the INGENIOUS...

Batir, J. and Gentry, E. University of Nevada, Reno

Jun 01, 2021
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Drill Core Major, Trace and Rare Earth Element Analyses from Wells RN-17B and RN-30, Reykjanes, Iceland

Analytical results for X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurement of major, trace and rare earth elements in drill core from geothermal wells in Reykjanes, Iceland. Total Fe was analyzed as FeO, therefore is not included under t...

Fowler, A. University of California

Apr 01, 2015
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DTS Raw Data Guelph, Ontario Canada

Unprocessed active distributed temperature sensing (DTS) data from 3 boreholes in the Guelph, ON Canada region. Data from borehole 1 was collected during a fluid injection while data from boreholes 2 and 3 were collected under natural gradient conditions in a lined borehole. The...

Coleman, T. University of Wisconsin

Jul 31, 2013
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Utah FORGE: Raw Microgravity Composite Data Updated 10/2021

This is a microgravity dataset from the Utah FORGE site near Milford, Utah. This composite dataset was updated in October, 2021 and contains data from December 17th, 2018 through September 24th, 2021. The data includes the GPS location of the measurement, date of the measurement, ...

Hardwick, C. Utah Geological Survey

Oct 01, 2021
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Drill Cutting and Core Major, Trace and Rare Earth Element Analyses from Wells RN-17B and RN-30, Reykjanes, Iceland

Analytical results for x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurement of major, trace and rare earth elements in drill cuttings from geothermal wells in Reykjanes, Iceland. Total Fe was analyzed as FeO, therefore is not included under...

Fowler, A. and Zierenberg, R. University of California

May 01, 2015
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Utah FORGE: Groundwater Levels Updated March 2022

This Excel spreadsheet contains Utah FORGE groundwater data for wells WOW2 and WOW3. The data was updated on March 16th, 2022 and contains legacy data. Groundwater data includes the level, offset, date, and time for each measurement. Temperature, drift, water elevation and other p...

Kirby, S. Utah Geological Survey

Mar 16, 2022
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Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) of Strain at Earth Tide Frequencies: Laboratory Tests

The solid Earth strains in response to the gravitational pull from the Moon, Sun, and other planetary bodies. Measuring the flexure of geologic material in response to these Earth tides provides information about the geomechanical properties of rock and sediment. Such measurements...

Coleman, T. and Becker, M. California State University

Jan 24, 2018
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kISMET Final Report and Highlights

The files in this submission describes the results of a series of stress measurement and hydraulic fracturing experiments conducted at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. This report describes the accomplishments of the kISMET (permeability (k) and Induce...

Oldenburg, C. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Oct 31, 2016
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