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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AB - 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.
AU - Patil, Vivek
A2 - Simmons, Stuart
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - FORGE-Utah
KW - Geochemistry
KW - numerical modeling
KW - fracture
KW - injection test
KW - porosity
KW - fracture network
KW - modeling
KW - Well 58-32
KW - well data
KW - stimulation
KW - drilling
KW - Roosevelt Hot Springs
KW - well 45-3
KW - reservoir
KW - minerals
KW - thermal
KW - aqueous
KW - quartz
KW - calcite
KW - illite
KW - kaolinite
KW - pH
KW - polythermal
KW - reaction path
KW - Utah FORGE
KW - EGS
KW - Milford
KW - Utah
KW - Energy Geoscience Institute
LA - English
DA - 2019/04/03
PY - 2019
PB - Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
T1 - Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247
ER -
Patil, Vivek, and Stuart Simmons. Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, 3 April, 2019, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247.
Patil, V., & Simmons, S. (2019). Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247
Patil, Vivek and Stuart Simmons. Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, April, 3, 2019. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1247,
title = {Utah FORGE: Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Responses to Injection in the FORGE Geothermal Reservoir},
author = {Patil, Vivek and Simmons, Stuart},
abstractNote = {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.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247},
year = {2019},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1247},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-23}
}
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
