Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus

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The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, are analyzed by performing core analysis using CT scanning and permeability measurements via minipermeameter. Additional geological data are collected through cores, published literature, seismic data, and nearby, existing wells to estimate thickness, fracture network configuration and geothermal gradient to minimize the uncertainty of well deliverability. Using these estimated reservoir properties; a 3D conceptual model for the proposed geothermal site is developed.

This dataset includes a GRC conference publication along with the data used to produce results explained in the paper including minipermeability measurement data for Preston -119 core and thin section analysis photos and data for Clay-513 core.

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TY - DATA AB - The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, are analyzed by performing core analysis using CT scanning and permeability measurements via minipermeameter. Additional geological data are collected through cores, published literature, seismic data, and nearby, existing wells to estimate thickness, fracture network configuration and geothermal gradient to minimize the uncertainty of well deliverability. Using these estimated reservoir properties; a 3D conceptual model for the proposed geothermal site is developed. This dataset includes a GRC conference publication along with the data used to produce results explained in the paper including minipermeability measurement data for Preston -119 core and thin section analysis photos and data for Clay-513 core. AU - Moore, Jessica A2 - McCleery, R. Scott A3 - Carr, Timothy A4 - Anderson, Brian A5 - McDowell, Ronald A6 - Smith, Jared A7 - Garapati, Nagasree DB - Geothermal Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.15121/1493768 KW - geothermal KW - energy KW - Direct Use KW - Core Analysis KW - permeability KW - ddu KW - feasibility KW - study KW - Tuscarora Sandstone KW - 3D KW - geologic model KW - geology KW - wvu KW - grc KW - paper KW - presentation KW - data KW - photos KW - thin section KW - analysis KW - minipermeability KW - Clay-513 KW - Preston-119 KW - deep KW - reservoir KW - parameter estimation KW - geofluid KW - flow rate LA - English DA - 2018/10/23 PY - 2018 PB - West Virginia University T1 - Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768 ER -
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Moore, Jessica, et al. Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus. West Virginia University, 23 October, 2018, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768.
Moore, J., McCleery, R., Carr, T., Anderson, B., McDowell, R., Smith, J., & Garapati, N. (2018). Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. West Virginia University. https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768
Moore, Jessica, R. Scott McCleery, Timothy Carr, Brian Anderson, Ronald McDowell, Jared Smith, and Nagasree Garapati. Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus. West Virginia University, October, 23, 2018. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1097, title = {Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus}, author = {Moore, Jessica and McCleery, R. Scott and Carr, Timothy and Anderson, Brian and McDowell, Ronald and Smith, Jared and Garapati, Nagasree}, abstractNote = {The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, are analyzed by performing core analysis using CT scanning and permeability measurements via minipermeameter. Additional geological data are collected through cores, published literature, seismic data, and nearby, existing wells to estimate thickness, fracture network configuration and geothermal gradient to minimize the uncertainty of well deliverability. Using these estimated reservoir properties; a 3D conceptual model for the proposed geothermal site is developed.

This dataset includes a GRC conference publication along with the data used to produce results explained in the paper including minipermeability measurement data for Preston -119 core and thin section analysis photos and data for Clay-513 core.}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1097}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, West Virginia University, https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768}, note = {Accessed: 2025-04-23}, doi = {10.15121/1493768} }
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Data from Oct 23, 2018

Last updated Feb 7, 2019

Submitted Oct 23, 2018

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West Virginia University

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Nagasree Garapati

304.293.5028

Authors

Jessica Moore

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

R. Scott McCleery

West Virginia Unviersity

Timothy Carr

West Virginia Unviersity

Brian Anderson

West Virginia Unviersity

Ronald McDowell

West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

Jared Smith

Cornell University

Nagasree Garapati

West Virginia University

DOE Project Details

Project Name Feasibility of Deep Direct Use Geothermal on the West Virginia University Campus-Morgantown, WV

Project Lead Arlene Anderson

Project Number EE0008105

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