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Utah FORGE: Reports on Northwestern Nevada Well Doublet Drilling and Testing by Fervo Energy

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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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TY - DATA 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 -
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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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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

Authors

Sireesh Dadi

Fervo Energy

Aleksei Titov

Fervo Energy

Jack Norbeck

Fervo Energy

Sireesh Dadi

Fervo Energy

Katharine Voller

Fervo Energy

Mark Woitt

Fervo Energy

Steven Fercho Fercho

Fervo Energy

Emma McConville

Fervo Energy

Camden Lang

Fervo Energy

Saurabh Agarwa

Fervo Energy

Christian Gradl

Fervo Energy

Timothy Latimer

Fervo Energy

Timothy Latimer

Fervo Energy

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DOE Project Details

Project Name Utah FORGE

Project Lead Lauren Boyd

Project Number EE0007080

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