Description
This is a project description video by Dr. William W. Fleckenstein related to their "Development of Multi-Stage Fracturing System and Wellbore Tractor to Enable Zonal Isolation During Stimulation and EGS Operations in Horizontal Wellbores" R&D project at Utah FORGE which is linked bellow.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeoThermOPTIMAL Description Video.mp4 | MP4 | This video details the multiple-stage fracturing process, valve mechanisms and innovations made. Some important goals are to implement the new cemented fracture-sleeves for the EGS environment and to make sure these sleeves are functional within the control system to detect and remediate injection short circuiting. | Open resource |
| Utah FORGE Development of Multi-Stage Fracturing System and Wellbore Tractor to Enable Zonal Isolation During Stimulation and EGS Operations in Horizontal Wellbores | HTML | This paper discusses the progress on a project funded by the DOE Utah FORGE (Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy) for the development of a subsurface heat exchanger for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) which uses unique casing sleeves cemented in place. They are used first as a system for rapid and inexpensive multi-stage stimulations and second to perform conformance control functions at 225 oC. | Open resource |