Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir
Plugging of fracture porosity from mineral precipitation due to injecting cold water into a a geothermal reservoir can impact the overall permeability of the fracture network in the reservoir. This can have serious ramifications on the efficiency of the geothermal resource. Geochemical modeling can be useful in providing a first-hand evaluation of potential of mineral precipitation along the different reaction paths. We developed geochemical models for injecting four different relevant water compositions in the FORGE Utah geothermal reservoir through well 58-32. Results and discussions related to this work are presented in this technical report.
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Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah. (2019). Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247.
Patil, Vivek, Simmons, Stuart. Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir. United States: N.p., 03 Apr, 2019. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247.
Patil, Vivek, Simmons, Stuart. Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247
Patil, Vivek, Simmons, Stuart. 2019. "Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247.
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Details
Data from Apr 3, 2019
Last updated Apr 13, 2021
Submitted Sep 8, 2020
Organization
Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
Contact
Vivek Patil
801.935.0999
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, energy, FORGE-Utah, Geochemistry, numerical modeling, fracture, injection test, porosity, fracture network, modeling, Well 58-32, well data, stimulation, drilling, Roosevelt Hot Springs, well 45-3, reservoir, minerals, thermal, aqueous, quartz, calcite, illite, kaolinite, pH, polythermal, reaction path, Utah FORGE, EGS, Milford, Utah, Energy Geoscience InstituteDOE Project Details
Project Name Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy: Milford, UT
Project Lead Lauren Boyd
Project Number EE0007080