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Geothermal Case Studies on OpenEI

This submission contains links to Geothermal Areas on OpenEI that were completed as part of an effort to gather clean, unbiased information on which to build geothermal drilling prospects. The specific areas that were part of this focused effort, or *case studies*, are linked ind...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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3-D Geologic Controls of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada using PCA

In many hydrothermal systems, fracture permeability along faults provides pathways for groundwater to transport heat from depth. Faulting generates a range of deformation styles that cross-cut heterogeneous geology, resulting in complex patterns of permeability, porosity, and hydr...

Siler, D. and Pepin, J. United States Geological Survey

Oct 01, 2021
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Machine Learning to Identify Geologic Factors Associated with Production in Geothermal Fields: A Case-Study Using 3D Geologic Data from Brady Geothermal Field and NMFk

In this paper, we present an analysis using unsupervised machine learning (ML) to identify the key geologic factors that contribute to the geothermal production in Brady geothermal field. Brady is a hydrothermal system in northwestern Nevada that supports both electricity producti...

Siler, D. et al United States Geological Survey

Oct 01, 2021
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Brady Geothermal Field Borehole Pressure Data

This submission supersedes pressure data from March 2017 which can be found as a link in the submission resources. This submission contains 3 .csv files with time series pressure data in 3 observation wells at Brady Geothermal Field as part of the PoroTomo project. These pressure ...

Cardiff, M. and Lim, D. University of Wisconsin

Apr 01, 2016
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Raw Pressure Data from Observation Wells at Brady's Hot Springs

This .csv files contain the raw water pressure data from three observation wells during pumping tests performed in the Spring of 2016. Included is a "read me" file explaining the details of where and how the data were collected.

Lim, D. University of Wisconsin

Mar 13, 2016
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Subsurface Characterization and Machine Learning Predictions at Brady Hot Springs Results

Geothermal power plants typically show decreasing heat and power production rates over time. Mitigation strategies include optimizing the management of existing wells increasing or decreasing the fluid flow rates across the wells and drilling new wells at appropriate locations. Th...

Beckers, K. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 20, 2021
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Fallon FORGE: Geophysics and Geochemistry

The data is associated to the Fallon FORGE project and includes mudlogs for all wells used to characterize the subsurface, as wells as gravity, magnetotelluric, earthquake seismicity, and temperature data from the Navy GPO and Ormat. Also included are geologic maps from the USGS a...

Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories

May 23, 2016
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Resource Analysis for Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study in East Texas

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory, Eastman Chemical, Turbine Air Systems, and the Electric Power Research Institute are evaluating the feasibility of using geothermal heat to improve the efficiency of natural gas power pl...

Richards, M. et al Southern Methodist University

Jun 28, 2018
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INGENIOUS Great Basin Regional Dataset Compilation

This is the regional dataset compilation for the INnovative Geothermal Exploration through Novel Investigations Of Undiscovered Systems (INGENIOUS) project. The primary goal of this project is to accelerate discoveries of new, commercially viable hidden geothermal systems while re...

Ayling, B. et al GBCGE, NBMG, UNR

Jun 30, 2022
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Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Resource Potential Estimate

Compilation of data (spreadsheet and shapefiles) for several low-temperature resource types, including isolated springs and wells, delineated area convection systems, sedimentary basins and coastal plains sedimentary systems. For each system, we include estimates of the accessibl...

Mullane, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2016
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Fallon FORGE: Gravity and Magnetics Data

This package contains principal facts for new gravity data collected September November 2017 in support of the Fallon FORGE project. Also included are rock core density and magnetic susceptibility data for key core intervals, used in modeling 2D and 3D gravity inversions. Indivi...

Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Mar 09, 2018
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Hawthorne Nevada Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Data Used for Geothermal Resource Conceptual Modeling and Power Capacity Estimates

This data submission includes several data components that were used to develop a conceptual model and power capacity-estimates of two low-temperature geothermal resources that define geothermal prospect A at Hawthorne, Nevada. Data are sourced from a combination of legacy publicl...

Ayling, B. and Hinz, N. Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy

Apr 05, 2020
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DEEPEN Leapfrog Geodata Model Cleaned and Reformatted Exploration Datasets from Newberry Volcano

DEEPEN stands for DE-risking Exploration of geothermal Plays in magmatic ENvironments. As part of the DEEPEN 3D play fairway analysis (PFA) conducted at Newberry Volcano for multiple play types (conventional hydrothermal, superhot EGS, and supercritical), existing geoscientific e...

Pauling, H. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2023
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McGee Mountain Geoprobe Study, Humboldt County, Nevada

Geoprobes were developed by the environmental industry to collect water, gas and soil samples from contaminated sites at shallow depths (10-40 meters), with a minimum of environmental disturbance. A modified Geoprobe was used to collect bottom hole temperatures, and attempt to col...

Tullar, K. Geothermal Technical Partners, Inc.

Jun 19, 2010
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California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources GIS and Well data

The California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources contains oil, gas, and geothermal data for the state of California.

Hill, G. and Resources, C. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 31, 2011
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Risk Factor Analysis in Low-Temperature Geothermal Play Fairway Analysis for the Appalachian Basin (GPFA-AB)

This submission contains information used to compute the risk factors for the GPFA-AB project. The risk factors are natural reservoir quality, thermal resource quality, potential for induced seismicity, and utilization. The methods used to combine the risk factors included taking ...

E., T. Cornell University

Sep 30, 2015
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National Parks within the geothermal potential area

A GIS layer from the BLM nationwide PEIS of National Parks within the geothermal potential area, not part of the project area and closed to leasing for geothermal projects. The GIS layer contains .SBX, .XML, .SHX, .DBF (.XLS), .PRJ, .SBN, and .SHP data. ### License Info Made o...

Hill, G. and (BLM), U. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 29, 2014
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Brady Geothermal Field Well Pumping Data During Deployment

Contains pumping data associated with the wells used in the 2016 Spring Campaign led partially by UW Madison, LBNL, and LLNL scientists. The well coordinates and the depths to the pressure sensors used in the pumping wells can be found at the link "Coordinates and Sensor Depths" b...

Feigl, K. University of Wisconsin

Mar 30, 2016
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USGS National Oil and Gas Assessment: GIS Data

The USGS Central Region Energy Team assessed the oil and gas resources of the United States. Cell maps for each oil and gas production area were created by the USGS as a method for illustrating the degree of exploration, type of production, and distribution of production in a play...

Hallett, K. and USGS, . National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 25, 1996
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Nevada Great Basin Play Fairway Analysis Regional Data

This project focused on defining geothermal play fairways and development of a detailed geothermal potential map of a large transect across the Great Basin region (96,000 km2), with the primary objective of facilitating discovery of commercial-grade, blind geothermal fields (i.e. ...

Faulds, J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Oct 28, 2015
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Utah FORGE: Well and Spring Chemistry

This is a database containing water chemistry of wells and springs in Utah. The data is located at the Utah Geological Survey. This contains data relevant to the Utah FORGE project.

Moore, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Jan 01, 2002
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University of Illinois Campus Deep Direct-Use Feasibility Study Designs for Deep Injection and Monitoring Wells

The following information is provided about the design of deeps wells constructed in the Illinois Basin to store, sequester, or dispose of CO2, natural gas, and industrial wastes.

Lin, Y. et al University of Illinois

Mar 30, 2018
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Western USA Assessment of High Value Materials in Geothermal Fluids and Produced Fluids Final Report

This report documents the results of investigations dealing with the concentrations and availabilities of strategic, critical and valuable materials (SCVM) in produced waters from geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoirs (50-250 degrees C) in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Ut...

Simmons, S. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah

Mar 18, 2019
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Exploration for Blind Geothermal Resources in the State of Hawaii Utilizing Dissolved Noble Gasses in Well Waters

This study is an extension of the Hawaii Play Fairway Analysis (PFA), a statewide geothermal exploration project funded by the United States Department of Energy. Based on results from prior phases of the PFA, this project targeted 66 wells on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, O...

Ferguson, C. University of Hawaii

Nov 01, 2020
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Closed National Forest Service Lands: Geothermal Leases Not Permitted

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a series of GIS layers of National Forest Service Lands that area closed to goethermal leasing (leases are not granted in these areas). The various types of areas included in this set of GIS layers are: National Monuments, National...

Hallett, K. and (BLM), U. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 29, 2014
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