Utah FORGE 3-2417: Low Frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data from 16A/16B Stimulation - April, 2024

Description

This dataset contains processed low-frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing (LF-DAS) data collected between April 2 and April 12, 2024, during the Utah FORGE stimulation sequence involving wells 16A and 16B. The DAS measurements were acquired using a Silixa Carina interrogator unit on the FOGMORE distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) cable installed in well 16B. Installation details for the cable can be found at the report link below. Due to pre-existing damage to the cable, the signal-to-noise ratio is slightly lower than expected. The data has been processed with a 0.5 Hz low-pass filter and a median filter in time, and values are expressed in units of nanostrain per second. All timestamps are in UTC. Data are provided in CSV format, with each file corresponding to a specific time segment. The repository also includes a channel map and a metadata catalog to support interpretation. Please see the included README for detailed dataset information. This dataset was produced under the FOGMORE R&D project (Fiber Optic MOnitoring for Reservoir Evolution), Utah FORGE R&D Project 3-2417, and was assembled by researchers from Rice University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and partners, with documentation finalized in July 2025.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
47 README file describing submission, file formats, and acquisition details. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/README.stimulation24_LFDAS.txt
8 CSV file providing a named catalog of LF-DAS data files. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/stimulation24_LFDAS_Catalog.csv
8 CSV file including a channel map of DAS cable. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/stimulation24_LFDAS_channel_map.csv
22 Example image of LD-DAS data showing nanostrain along the cable as a function of time. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/16BConst_Stimulation_UTC_20240407_025954.16.jpg
34 Example lines from one of the CSV files for confirmation. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/example_LFDAS_csv.png
19 Gzipped tar directory including CSV files of LF-DAS data. See README for details. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1749/LF_DAS_csv.tar.gz
21 This is a link to a separate GDR submission containing the fiber-optic cable installation report. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1603

Tags

  • lf-das
  • time-series-data
  • geophysics
  • processed-data
  • distributed-acoustic-sensing
  • egs
  • utah-forge
  • subsurface-monitoring
  • silixa-carina
  • enhanced-geothermal-systems
  • fogmore
  • low-frequency-das
  • stimulation
  • das
  • well-16b
  • seismic
  • dfos
  • nanostrain
  • geothermal
  • energy
  • fiber-optic-sensing

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