Utah FORGE 3-2417: Fiber-Optic Geophysical Monitoring of Reservoir Evolution - Workshop Presentation

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This is a presentation on the Fiber-Optic Geophysical Monitoring of Reservoir Evolution at the Utah FORGE Milford Site project by Rice University, presented by Prof. Jonathan Ajo-Franklin. The project's objective was to develop an end-to-end fiber-optic sensing approach for EGS to track the initial zone of fracture creation, zones of connected mechanically compliant fractures, and zones of flowing fractures linking the injection/production well pair. This approach would also be used to integrate data into an improved thermo-hydro-mechanical model (THM). This presentation was featured in the Utah FORGE R&D Annual Workshop on September 8, 2023. The workshop provided a valuable opportunity to explore the progress made in each of the 17 Research and Development projects funded under Solicitation 2020-1 which aim to enhance our understanding of the crucial factors influencing the development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) reservoirs and resources.

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77 The presentation followed a peer review format comprised of two parts: a formal presentation roughly lasting 20 minutes followed by a Q&A discussion lasting about 25 minutes. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1538/Utah%20FORGE%203_2417_RICE%202023%20Annual%20Workshop%20Presentation.mp4

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  • flowing-fractures
  • annual-workshop
  • egs
  • fracture-creation
  • utah-forge
  • egs-performance
  • egs-fracture-model
  • distributed-fiber-optic-sensing
  • 2023
  • das
  • well-pair
  • end-to-end
  • dfos
  • geothermal
  • energy
  • mechanically-compliant-fractures

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