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."
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AB - 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."
AU - Cusini, Matteo
A2 - Fei, Fan
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - Utah FORGE
KW - stress roughness
KW - Hydraulic fracturing
KW - MEQ
KW - EGS
KW - stress profile
KW - field measurements
KW - hydraulic fracture growth
KW - 16A78-32
KW - Stage 3
KW - GEOS
KW - technical report
KW - processed data
KW - geophysics
KW - 2-2446
KW - toughness anisotropy
KW - rock mechanics
LA - English
DA - 2025/01/30
PY - 2025
PB - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
T1 - Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth
UR - https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710
ER -
Cusini, Matteo, and Fan Fei. Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 30 January, 2025, Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710.
Cusini, M., & Fei, F. (2025). Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710
Cusini, Matteo and Fan Fei. Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, January, 30, 2025. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710
@misc{GDR_Dataset_1710,
title = {Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth},
author = {Cusini, Matteo and Fei, Fan},
abstractNote = {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."},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1710},
note = {Accessed: 2025-04-25}
}
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
