Utah FORGE 2-2446: Characterizing Stress Roughness Through Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture Growth

Description

This dataset covers work that investigated the apparent toughness anisotropy at Utah FORGE by comparing microseismic data with stress profiles from field measurements. The study analyzes the hydraulic fracture growth of Stage 3 at Well 16A(78)-32 using MEQ data, calibrating a numerical hydraulic fracture simulator (GEOS) to quantify the required toughness anisotropy, and comparing the results with values inferred from sonic log-derived stress profiles. The dataset includes a technical report detailing the study, a repository of GEOS modeling input files, and a link to the seismic event catalog used in the analysis. This work was conducted as part of Utah FORGE Project 2-2446, "Closing the Loop Between In-situ Stress Complexity and EGS Fracture Complexity."

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This repository contains the GEOS modeling files, including the inputs used for this study. https://github.com/GEOS-DEV/FORGE
33 The report examines apparent toughness anisotropy at Utah FORGE by comparing microseismic data with stress profiles from field measurements. It details the inferred fracture geometry, numerical modeling using GEOS, and comparisons to stress-derived toughness estimates. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1710/2-2446_16Astage3_stressRoughness.pdf
21 These are revised catalogs, related to the April, 2022 well 16A(78)-32 stimulation (phases 1,2, & 3), provided by Geo Energie Suisse (GES) that include additional events at the start of Stage 1 and some tidying up of some locations. These catalogs also include events for additional events that were auto-located to provide a larger dataset for statistical analyses, like b-value calculations. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1429

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  • hydraulic-fracture-growth
  • geophysics
  • processed-data
  • egs
  • stage-3
  • 2-2446
  • utah-forge
  • hydraulic-fracturing
  • stress-roughness
  • meq
  • 16a78-32
  • field-measurements
  • toughness-anisotropy
  • stress-profile
  • technical-report
  • geos
  • geothermal
  • rock-mechanics
  • energy

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