Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drilling Data

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This drilling data for Utah FORGE well 16B(78)-32 include a well survey, core summary, mud and mud temperature logs, daily reports of the drilling process, and additional data from the Pason oil and gas company. Well 16B(78)-32 serves as the production well for reservoir creation, fluid circulation, and demonstration of heat extraction for the FORGE project. It has been drilled as a doublet approximately 300 feet parallel to and above the injection well 16A(78)-32. The proposed total depth was 10,658 feet, which was exceeded. Spudding began on April 26th, 2023. As of June 20th, 2023, the total depth measured 10,947 feet and the vertical depth measured 8,357 feet.

Drilling included the trial use of insulated drill pipe (IDP) from Eavor Technologies, which was considered a success. IDP restricts counter-current heat transfer between drilling fluid inside the drill string and hotter returning fluid in the annulus, thereby ensuring the bottomhole assembly (BHA) remains submerged in cool fluid. Eavor rented 350 joints of IDP to FORGE which were run in two consecutive BHAs at the well. The results of this trial are included here.

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Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah. (2023). Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drilling Data [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1998591.
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McLennan, John, Mock, Blake, Swearingen, Leroy, Baldwin, Randy, Hodder, Mark, Vetsak, Alex, Kuhns, A.T., Breland, Jack, and England, Kevin. Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drilling Data. United States: N.p., 03 Jul, 2023. Web. doi: 10.15121/1998591.
McLennan, John, Mock, Blake, Swearingen, Leroy, Baldwin, Randy, Hodder, Mark, Vetsak, Alex, Kuhns, A.T., Breland, Jack, & England, Kevin. Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drilling Data. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1998591
McLennan, John, Mock, Blake, Swearingen, Leroy, Baldwin, Randy, Hodder, Mark, Vetsak, Alex, Kuhns, A.T., Breland, Jack, and England, Kevin. 2023. "Utah FORGE: Well 16B(78)-32 Drilling Data". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1998591. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1516.
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Drilling included the trial use of insulated drill pipe (IDP) from Eavor Technologies, which was considered a success. IDP restricts counter-current heat transfer between drilling fluid inside the drill string and hotter returning fluid in the annulus, thereby ensuring the bottomhole assembly (BHA) remains submerged in cool fluid. Eavor rented 350 joints of IDP to FORGE which were run in two consecutive BHAs at the well. The results of this trial are included here.}, doi = {10.15121/1998591}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1516}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2023}, month = {07}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1998591

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Data from Jul 3, 2023

Last updated May 21, 2024

Submitted Sep 6, 2023

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Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

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John McLennan

801.587.7925

Authors

John McLennan

Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Blake Mock

Canamera Coring

Leroy Swearingen

MPD Consulting

Randy Baldwin

Geothermal Resource Group

Mark Hodder

EAVOR Technologies

Alex Vetsak

EAVOR Technologies

A.T. Kuhns

Excellence Logging

Jack Breland

Excellence Logging

Kevin England

E-K Petro Consulting LLC

DOE Project Details

Project Name Utah FORGE

Project Lead Lauren Boyd

Project Number EE0007080

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