| Oilfield Origin; Geothermal Future – The Case Study of Ultra HPHT Frac Plugs |
Aviles, Isaac; Gamble, Mitch; Dardis, Michael; Tu, Huilin |
HDR/EGS; Fractures; Equipment design; Frac plugs |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), fracturing, frac plug, stimulation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2022 |
English |
| A Feasibility Study on Three Geothermal Designs: Deep Closed-Loop (with and without Conductive Fractures) and Open-Loop Circulation Between Multifractured Laterals |
Fowler, Garrett; McClure, Mark |
HDR/EGS; Fractures; Closed loop power production |
Modeling, fracture modeling, closed-loop, multistage, enhanced geothermal systems, EGS |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2021 |
English |
| Utilization of PVA Flakes in Promoting Self-Degradation of Temporary Cementitious Fracture Sealing Material |
Sugama, Toshifumi; Pyatina, Tatiana |
HDR/EGS; Fractures; Cementing; Drilling; Equipment design; L |
Temporary cementitious sealer; polyvinyl alcohol; self-degradation; slag; Class F fly ash; sodium metasilicate; gel; sol |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2014 |
English |
| Reactive Silica Transport in Hot Poroelastic Rock and its Effects on Fracture Aperture |
Rawal, C.; Ghassemi, A. |
HDR/EGS; Fractures; Brine chemistry |
Enhanced Geothermal System; Permeability; Reactive Silica Transport; Poroelasticity; Thermoelasticity; Fracture Aperture |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2008 |
English |
| A Study of Propagation of Cooled Cracks in a Geothermal Reservoir |
Tarasovs, S.; Ghassemi, A. |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
Geothermal reservoir; Thermal cracking; Fracture propagation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| Simulation of Fluid Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs with the Use of an Effective Permeability Tensor |
Teimoori, A.; Tran, N. H.; Chen, Z.; Rahman, S. S. |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
EGS Theoretical Studies; HDR Reservoir; Fluid Flow in Porous Media; Naturally Fractured Reservoir; Effective Permeability Tensor |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| Crack Propagation, Coalescence, and Re-Initiation in Naturally Fractured Rocks |
Dobroskok, A.; Ghassemi, A. |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
EGS Theoretical Studies; Fracture Propagation; Coalescence; Structural Criterion; Natural Fracture |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| Creation of an Enhanced Geothermal System Through Hydraulic and Thermal Stimulation |
Rose, Peter E.; Barton, Colleen; Petty, Susan; McCulloch, Jess; Moore, Joseph N.; Kovac, Katie; Sheridan, Judith; Spielman, Paul; Berard, Brian |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems Field Studies; Fracture Analysis; Coso |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2002 |
English |
| Model Predictions of Chemically Controlled Slow Crack Growth with Application to Mechanical Effects in Geothermal Environments |
Bonner, B. P.; Viani, B. E. |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Fractures |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2001 |
English |
| Analysis of Blasthole Fracture System for REGS |
Danko, George; Baracza, Matyas Krisztian |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
EGS, REGS, robustness, public acceptance |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2023 |
English |
| Fracture Conductivity Tuning in Granite under Triaxial Loading using Ionic Liquids: Implications for Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Momoh, Israel; Lee, Hunjoo P.; Atashnezhad, Amin; Al Dushaishi, Mohammed |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
Fracture Conductivity, Fractured Granite, Ionic Liquids, Enhanced Geothermal Systems |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2023 |
English |
| Enhanced Sweep Efficiency in EGS Using a Bio-polymer Supplement from Over Fractured Oil/Gas Operations |
Wang, Dongmei; Ji, Yun; Gosnold, Will; Alamooti, Moones; Namie, Shane; Oni, Olufemi |
HDR/EGS; Fractures |
Sweep efficiency, fracture, bio-polymer, geothermal |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2023 |
English |
| Experimental and Analytical Study of Water Infiltration in Fractured Systems |
Rangel-German, Edgar R.; Kovscek, A. R. |
HDR/EGS; Fracture; Injection; Capillary Imbibition; Computer |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems; Porosity; Fracture; Reinjection; Capillary Imbibition; Computer Tomography |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2000 |
English |
| Numerical Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Reactive Solute Transport in a Fracture-Matrix System |
Kumar, G. Suresh; Ghassemi, Ahmad |
HDR/EGS; Fracture; Hydrothermal alteration; Silica |
EGS Geochemistry; Fracture; Rock-water Interaction; Reaction Kinetics; Silica; Aperture Variation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| Fracture Permeability Evolution in Rock from the Desert Peak EGS Site |
Carlson, Steven R.; Roberts, Jeffery J.; Detwiler, Russell L.; Burton, Elizabeth A.; Robertson-Tait, Ann; Morris, Christy; Kasameyer, Paul |
HDR/EGS; Fracture Resistivity |
EGS Theoretical Studies; Fracture Permeability; Resistivity; Desert Peak |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2004 |
English |
| Effects of Cold-Water Injection on Fracture Aperture and Injection Pressure |
Nygren, Andrew; Ghassemi, Ahmad; Cheng, Alexander |
HDR/EGS; Fracture Poroelasticity; Thermoelasticity |
EGS Stimulation; Enhanced Geothermal Systems; Fracture Permeability; Poroelasticity; Thermoelasticity |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2005 |
English |
| Fracture Slip in Response to Water Injection |
Ghassemi, Ahmad; Tarasovs, Sergejs |
HDR/EGS; Fracture ; Fracture slip; thermoelasticity; seismic |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems; Fracture permeability, Fracture slip, thermoelasticity, seismicity |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2006 |
English |
| Evaluation and Optimization of Well Completion Options for the Utah FORGE Site |
Munday, Lynn; Dhulipala, Somayajulu; Podgorney, Robert; Finnila, Aleta |
HDR/EGS; FORGE; Well optimization |
Discrete fracture network, FALCON, MOOSE, FORGE, Optimization under uncertainty, Stochastic methods |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2022 |
English |
| Volatiles Analysis of Cuttings from the FORGE 58-32 Well-“Logging” High Temperature Wells, Evaluating Communication Pathways, and Implications for Completions in Enhanced Geothermal System Wells |
Smith, Christopher M.; Gordon, Patrick S.; Smith, Timothy M.; Smith, Michael P. |
HDR/EGS; FORGE; Well logging; Reservoir stimulation; Fractur |
Enhanced Geothermal Systems, High Temperature Logging, Geochemistry, Cuttings, Volatiles, Rock Volatiles Stratigraphy, Fractures, Faults, Communication Pathways, FORGE |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2022 |
English |
| HPHT Geothermal Packer Enabled by Additive Manufacturing Technology |
Krumm, Robert; Izadi, Ghazal; Desai, Mona; Deng, Guijun; Wakefield, John; Vendra, Lakshmi; Kendall, Alexander; Klenner, Rob |
HDR/EGS; FORGE; Well completion; Equipment design; Packers |
Additive manufacturing, SLS, wellbore isolation, completions, high pressure, high temperature, knowledge transfer, enhanced geothermal |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2021 |
English |