Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth
This dataset covers work that investigated the apparent toughness anisotropy at Utah FORGE by comparing microseismic data with stress profiles from field measurements. The study analyzes the hydraulic fracture growth of Stage 3 at Well 16A(78)-32 using MEQ data, calibrating a numerical hydraulic fracture simulator (GEOS) to quantify the required toughness anisotropy, and comparing the results with values inferred from sonic log-derived stress profiles. The dataset includes a technical report detailing the study, a repository of GEOS modeling input files, and a link to the seismic event catalog used in the analysis. This work was conducted as part of Utah FORGE Project 2-2446, "Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity."
Citation Formats
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (2025). Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth [data set]. Retrieved from https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710.
Cusini, Matteo, Fei, Fan. Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth. United States: N.p., 30 Jan, 2025. Web. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710.
Cusini, Matteo, Fei, Fan. Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth. United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710
Cusini, Matteo, Fei, Fan. 2025. "Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth". United States. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710.
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Details
Data from Jan 30, 2025
Last updated Feb 11, 2025
Submitted Jan 31, 2025
Organization
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Contact
Matteo Cusini
925.758.3117
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, energy, Utah FORGE, stress roughness, Hydraulic fracturing, MEQ, EGS, stress profile, field measurements, hydraulic fracture growth, 16A78-32, Stage 3, GEOS, technical report, processed data, geophysics, 2-2446, toughness anisotropy, rock mechanicsDOE Project Details
Project Name Utah FORGE
Project Lead Lauren Boyd
Project Number EE0007080
