Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy
These reports review Fervo Energy's construction of a commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS). Fervo has qualified full functionality of the system through production testing at commercially relevant operating conditions. The project site is located in a nearfield setting adjacent to an operating geothermal power station in north-central Nevada and is designed to deliver an uplift in high-temperature geothermal flow rates to increase the power capacity at the facility. The project involved drilling a first-of-a-kind EGS horizontal doublet well system consisting of an injection and production well pair within a high-temperature hard-rock geothermal formation. The lithology of the target reservoir is characterized as a mixed metasedimentary and igneous formation, comprised of phyllite, quartzite, diorite, and granodiorite, representative of the geology across the most prospective geothermal areas throughout the western US. This work included a 16-stage plug-and-perforate stimulation treatment which was the first of its kind in a high-temperature mixed metasedimentary and granitic formation in a fully horizontal doublet geothermal well.
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AB - These reports review Fervo Energy's construction of a commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS). Fervo has qualified full functionality of the system through production testing at commercially relevant operating conditions. The project site is located in a nearfield setting adjacent to an operating geothermal power station in north-central Nevada and is designed to deliver an uplift in high-temperature geothermal flow rates to increase the power capacity at the facility. The project involved drilling a first-of-a-kind EGS horizontal doublet well system consisting of an injection and production well pair within a high-temperature hard-rock geothermal formation. The lithology of the target reservoir is characterized as a mixed metasedimentary and igneous formation, comprised of phyllite, quartzite, diorite, and granodiorite, representative of the geology across the most prospective geothermal areas throughout the western US. This work included a 16-stage plug-and-perforate stimulation treatment which was the first of its kind in a high-temperature mixed metasedimentary and granitic formation in a fully horizontal doublet geothermal well.
AU - Dadi, Sireesh
A2 - Titov, Aleksei
A3 - Norbeck, Jack
A4 - Dadi, Sireesh
A5 - Voller, Katharine
A6 - Woitt, Mark
A7 - Fercho, Steven Fercho
A8 - McConville, Emma
A9 - Lang, Camden
A10 - Agarwa, Saurabh
A11 - Gradl, Christian
A12 - Latimer, Timothy
A13 - Latimer, Timothy
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1999428
KW - geothermal
KW - energy
KW - Fervo Energy
KW - Nevada EGS
KW - enhanced geothermal systems
KW - EGS
KW - horizontal drilling
KW - plug-and-perf
KW - Utah FORGE
KW - cross-well strain
KW - plug-and-perforation
KW - horizontal doublet
KW - Blue Mountain
KW - Nevada
KW - fiber optic sensing
KW - well stimulation
KW - fracing
KW - fracking
KW - report
KW - doublet well system
KW - distributed fiber optic sensing
KW - DFOS
KW - feasibility
KW - assessment
LA - English
DA - 2023/09/05
PY - 2023
PB - Fervo Energy
T1 - Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1999428
ER -
Dadi, Sireesh, et al. Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy. Fervo Energy, 5 September, 2023, GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1999428.
Dadi, S., Titov, A., Norbeck, J., Dadi, S., Voller, K., Woitt, M., Fercho, S., McConville, E., Lang, C., Agarwa, S., Gradl, C., Latimer, T., & Latimer, T. (2023). Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy. [Data set]. GDR. Fervo Energy. https://doi.org/10.15121/1999428
Dadi, Sireesh, Aleksei Titov, Jack Norbeck, Sireesh Dadi, Katharine Voller, Mark Woitt, Steven Fercho Fercho, Emma McConville, Camden Lang, Saurabh Agarwa, Christian Gradl, Timothy Latimer, and Timothy Latimer. Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy. Fervo Energy, September, 5, 2023. Distributed by GDR. https://doi.org/10.15121/1999428
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title = {Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy},
author = {Dadi, Sireesh and Titov, Aleksei and Norbeck, Jack and Dadi, Sireesh and Voller, Katharine and Woitt, Mark and Fercho, Steven Fercho and McConville, Emma and Lang, Camden and Agarwa, Saurabh and Gradl, Christian and Latimer, Timothy and Latimer, Timothy},
abstractNote = {These reports review Fervo Energy's construction of a commercial enhanced geothermal system (EGS). Fervo has qualified full functionality of the system through production testing at commercially relevant operating conditions. The project site is located in a nearfield setting adjacent to an operating geothermal power station in north-central Nevada and is designed to deliver an uplift in high-temperature geothermal flow rates to increase the power capacity at the facility. The project involved drilling a first-of-a-kind EGS horizontal doublet well system consisting of an injection and production well pair within a high-temperature hard-rock geothermal formation. The lithology of the target reservoir is characterized as a mixed metasedimentary and igneous formation, comprised of phyllite, quartzite, diorite, and granodiorite, representative of the geology across the most prospective geothermal areas throughout the western US. This work included a 16-stage plug-and-perforate stimulation treatment which was the first of its kind in a high-temperature mixed metasedimentary and granitic formation in a fully horizontal doublet geothermal well. },
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1530},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {GDR, Fervo Energy, https://doi.org/10.15121/1999428},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-03},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1999428
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Data from Sep 5, 2023
Last updated Sep 12, 2023
Submitted Sep 6, 2023
Organization
Fervo Energy
Contact
Jack Norbeck
920.840.5840
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https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1530Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, energy, Fervo Energy, Nevada EGS, enhanced geothermal systems, EGS, horizontal drilling, plug-and-perf, Utah FORGE, cross-well strain, plug-and-perforation, horizontal doublet, Blue Mountain, Nevada, fiber optic sensing, well stimulation, fracing, fracking, report, doublet well system, distributed fiber optic sensing, DFOS, feasibility, assessmentDOE Project Details
Project Name Utah FORGE
Project Lead Lauren Boyd
Project Number EE0007080