Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus

Moore, Jessica; McCleery, R. Scott; Carr, Timothy; Anderson, Brian; McDowell, Ronald; Smith, Jared; Garapati, Nagasree

doi:10.15121/1493768

Title: Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus

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The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, are analyzed by performing core analysis using CT scanning and permeability measurements via minipermeameter. Additional geological data are collected through cores, published literature, seismic data, and nearby, existing wells to estimate thickness, fracture network configuration and geothermal gradient to minimize the uncertainty of well deliverability. Using these estimated reservoir properties; a 3D conceptual model for the proposed geothermal site is developed. This dataset includes a GRC conference publication along with the data used to produce results explained in the paper including minipermeability measurement data for Preston -119 core and thin section analysis photos and data for Clay-513 core.

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Moore, Jessica; McCleery, R. Scott; Carr, Timothy; Anderson, Brian; McDowell, Ronald; Smith, Jared; Garapati, Nagasree

West Virginia University

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 23 04:00:00 UTC 2018

Other Number(s):: 1097

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008105

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; West Virginia University

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)

Collaborations:: West Virginia University

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 3D; Clay-513; Core Analysis; Direct Use; Preston-119; Tuscarora Sandstone; analysis; data; ddu; deep; energy; feasibility; flow rate; geofluid; geologic model; geology; geothermal; grc; minipermeability; paper; parameter estimation; permeability; photos; presentation; reservoir; study; thin section; wvu

OSTI Identifier:: 1493768

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768

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                    Moore, Jessica, McCleery, R. Scott, Carr, Timothy, Anderson, Brian, McDowell, Ronald, Smith, Jared, and Garapati, Nagasree. Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Moore, Jessica, McCleery, R. Scott, Carr, Timothy, Anderson, Brian, McDowell, Ronald, Smith, Jared, & Garapati, Nagasree. Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768

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                    Moore, Jessica, McCleery, R. Scott, Carr, Timothy, Anderson, Brian, McDowell, Ronald, Smith, Jared, and Garapati, Nagasree. 2018.  
"Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1493768.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1493768. Pub date:Tue Oct 23 04:00:00 UTC 2018

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  title        = {Development of 3D Geological Model of Tuscarora Sandstone for Feasibility of Deep Direct-Use Geothermal at West Virginia University Main Campus},

  author       = {Moore, Jessica and McCleery, R. Scott and Carr, Timothy and Anderson, Brian and McDowell, Ronald and Smith, Jared and Garapati, Nagasree},

  abstractNote = {The subsurface uncertainty at West Virginia University Main Campus is dominated by the uncertainty in the projections of geofluid flowrate in the target formation, the Tuscarora Sandstone. In this paper, three cores from the heterogeneous reservoir, available through West Virginia Geologic and Economic Survey, are analyzed by performing core analysis using CT scanning and permeability measurements via minipermeameter. Additional geological data are collected through cores, published literature, seismic data, and nearby, existing wells to estimate thickness, fracture network configuration and geothermal gradient to minimize the uncertainty of well deliverability. Using these estimated reservoir properties; a 3D conceptual model for the proposed geothermal site is developed. This dataset includes a GRC conference publication along with the data used to produce results explained in the paper including minipermeability measurement data for Preston -119 core and thin section analysis photos and data for Clay-513 core.},

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