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Operational Performance Requirements For Motor Power Sections Used in Geothermal Drilling Based Upon Minimum Specific Energy

Operational performance requirements are needed to support development of specifications for downhole motor power sections to be used for drilling hard rock during geothermal wellbore construction. Theoretical torque specifications are derived based upon a widely-accepted rock-re...
Raymond, D. Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 10, 2014
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Technology Development and Field Trials of EGS Drilling Systems at Chocolate Mountain

Polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits are routinely used in the oil and gas industry for drilling medium to hard rock but have not been adopted for geothermal drilling, largely due to past reliability issues and higher purchase costs. The Sandia Geothermal Research Departmen...
Knudsen, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 01, 2012
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Practices Maintain Straight Hole in Crooked Hole Conditions, While Also Enabling Significant Gains in Drill Rate

Bottom hole assembly (BHA) designs were assessed in field trials for their ability to achieve critical low inclination requirements, while simultaneously enabling high drill rates. Because angle has historically been controlled by reducing weight on bit (WOB), these are often com...
Knudsen, S. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Apr 30, 2014
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Advanced Geothermal Drilling and Logging Technologies

The objective of advanced drilling and logging technologies is to promote ways and means to reduce the cost of geothermal drilling through an integrated effort which involves developing an understanding of geothermal drilling and logging needs, elucidating best practices, and fost...
Raymond, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Dec 15, 2013
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Microhole drilling technology utilizing a golden section search algorithm

A fundamental issue in microhole drilling is that delivering high weight-on-bit (WOB), high torque rotational horsepower to a conventional drill bit does not scale down to the hole sizes necessary to realize the envisioned cost savings An optimization algorithm called a golden sec...
Su, J. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Jun 23, 2021
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Common Discrete Fracture Network

This package includes data and models that support hydraulic fracture stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). A paper by Schwering et al. (2020) describes the deterministic basis for developing a "common" discrete fracture...
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 18, 2019
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Microhole Test Data

Drilling results from the microhole project at the Sandia High Operating Temperature test facility. The project is seeking to help reduce the cost of exploration and monitoring of geothermal wells and formations by drilling smaller holes. The tests were part of a control algorith...
Su, J. Sandia National Laboratories
May 23, 2016
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Auto Indexer Auto-Indexer for Percussive Hammers: Vane Motor Dynamometer Testing

Objectives Options associated with geothermal drilling operations are generally limited by factors such as formation temperature and rock strength. The objective of the research is to expand the "tool box" available to the geothermal driller by furthering the development of a hig...
Su, J. Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 01, 2012
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EGS Collab: Hydraulic Fracturing Test Measurements on the 4100L of SURF

This package includes data from two days of testing at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) on the 4100 level. The tests were performed in borehole TV4100 in the battery charging alcove south of the Yates shaft. TV4100 is a vertical borehole ~50 meters deep. A series o...
Ingraham, M. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Aug 15, 2019
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: 4850L Downhole Camera Surveys During Injection

This package includes data and footage from two rounds of downhole camera surveys performed at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) on the 4850 level. The exercise was performed once on 25 May 2018 and once on 21 December 2018. On May 25th, the first round was done dur...
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
May 25, 2018
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McGinness Hills Well 27A-10 Daily Drilling Report Data

This data should be used with the daily drilling record and other data which can be obtained from the contact listed below.
Knudsen, S. Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 25, 2014
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Fallon FORGE: Well Log Database

Master well database for all logs and other well data pertaining to the Fallon FORGE site. Tables are formatted in NGDS Teir 3 schema where appropriate; redundancies between tables are omitted, and should be queried off of the main WellHeader table. All relationships are set on th...
Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories
Jul 03, 2018
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Fallon FORGE: Lithology Logs and Well 21-31 Drilling Data

This submission includes lithology logs for all Fallon FORGE area wells; determined from core, cuttings, and thin section. Wells included are 84-31, 21-31, 82-36, FOH-3D, 62-36, 18-5, 88-24, 86-25, FOH-2, 14-36, 17-16, 34-33, 35A-11, 51A-20, 62-15, 72-7, 86-15, Carson_Strat_1_36-3...
Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 11, 2018
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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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Lost Circulation Materials in Geothermal Drilling: Thermal Degradation, Viscosity, Compression, and Flow Loop Tests

This dataset provides a set of experimental data on the performance of lost circulation materials (LCMs) used in geothermal drilling operations. It includes results from four distinct tests: thermal degradation, viscosity measurements, compression tests, and high-temperature flow ...
Kibikas, W. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Feb 01, 2022
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EGS Collab Experiment 1: Baseline Cross-well Seismic

As part of the geophysical characterization suite for the first EGS Collab tesbed, here are the baseline cross-well seismic data and resultant models. The campaign seismic data have been organized, concatenated with geometry and compressional (P-) & and shear (S-) wave picks, and ...
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Apr 30, 2018
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Stability of Elastomers Subjected to Geothermal Well-Like Conditions

The aim of this study is to understand how commercially available elastomers perform under geothermal well-like conditions and make recommendations to the community based on these results. This poster highlights the mechanical performance of several elastomers (including EPDM, Vit...
Redline, E. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Aug 10, 2014
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West Flank Coso FORGE: 52B-7 Image and Mud Log

FMI image log and mud log of well 52B-7
Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories
Apr 01, 1992
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West Flank Coso FORGE: Well 48-11TCH Temperature, Pressure, Directional, Well History, Wellbore Schematic

Temperature logs, pressure logs, directional survey, well history, well bore schematic, and other reports for well 48-11TCH at West Flank FORGE
Blankenship, D. Sandia National Laboratories
May 13, 2016
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Fallon FORGE: Analogue Outcrop Samples

Compilation of results for mechanical and fluid flow properties of analogue outcrop samples experimental data for compressional and shear wave velocities, tensile strengths, and compressive strengths. Outcrop location and sample orientation data are documented in a separate csv file.
Blankenship, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 12, 2018
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Testing for Controlled Rapid Pressurization

Borehole W1 is a NQ core hole drilled at our test site in Socorro. The rock is rhyolite. Borehole W1 which was used to test gas-gas explosive mixtures is 55 feet deep with casing (pinkish in the drawing) set to 35 feet. The model is a representation of the borehole and the hol...
Knudsen, S. Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 03, 2014
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Centralizer for Use in Well Completions

Well completions are an integral part of providing safe, reliable and continuous access to underground resources such as oil, gas and geothermal resources. Completions are typically considered to be the final step of drilling engineering which includes processes such as setting c...
Su, J. Sandia National Laboratories
Apr 17, 2014
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Development of a Downhole Tool Measuring Real-Time Concentration of Ionic Tracers and pH in Geothermal Reservoirs

For enhanced or Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) geothermal brine is pumped to the surface via the production wells, the heat extracted to turn a turbine to generate electricity, and the spent brine re-injected via injection wells back underground. If designed properly, the sub...
Hess, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Mar 31, 2014
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Fallon FORGE: Well Data, Geophysical Data, and Geologic Maps

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
Mar 31, 2016
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Steptoe Valley NV Data Compilation: Understanding a Stratigraphic Hydrothermal Resource through Geophysical Imaging

Sandia National Laboratories partnered with a multi-disciplinary group of subject matter experts to evaluate a stratigraphic geothermal resource in Steptoe Valley, Nevada using both established and novel geophysical imaging techniques. Provided here are a compilation of newly acqu...
Schwering, P. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Nov 01, 2023
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