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EGS Collab Experiment 1: SIMFIP Notch-164 GRL Paper

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Characterizing the stimulation mode of a fracture is critical to assess the hydraulic efficiency and the seismic risk related to deep fluid manipulations. We have monitored the three-dimensional displacements of a fluid-driven fracture during water injections in a borehole at ~1.5 km depth in the crystalline rock of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (USA). The fracture initiates at 61% of the minimum horizontal stress by micro-shearing of the borehole on a foliation plane. As the fluid pressure increases further, borehole axial and radial displacements increase with injection time highlighting the opening and sliding of a new hydrofracture growing ~10 m away from the borehole, in accordance with the ambient normal stress regime and in alignment with the microseismicity. Our study reveals how fluid-driven fracture stimulation can be facilitated by a mixed-mode process controlled by the complex hydromechanical evolution of the growing fracture.

The data presented in this submission refer to the SIMFIP measurements and analyses of the stimulation tests conducted on the 164 ft (50 m) notch of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), during the EGS-Collab test 1. In addition to the datafiles, there is the draft of a manuscript submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (2020). EGS Collab Experiment 1: SIMFIP Notch-164 GRL Paper [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1737366.
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Guglielmi, Yves. EGS Collab Experiment 1: SIMFIP Notch-164 GRL Paper. United States: N.p., 24 Sep, 2020. Web. doi: 10.15121/1737366.
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Guglielmi, Yves. 2020. "EGS Collab Experiment 1: SIMFIP Notch-164 GRL Paper". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1737366. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1250.
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The data presented in this submission refer to the SIMFIP measurements and analyses of the stimulation tests conducted on the 164 ft (50 m) notch of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), during the EGS-Collab test 1. In addition to the datafiles, there is the draft of a manuscript submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).}, doi = {10.15121/1737366}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1250}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2020}, month = {09}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1737366

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Submitted Sep 24, 2020

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Yves Guglielmi

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Yves Guglielmi

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Project Name EGS Collab

Project Lead Lauren Boyd

Project Number EE0032708

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