Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy)

Norbeck, Jack; Fercho, Steven; McConville, Emma; Titov, Aleksei; Agarwal, Saurabh; Dadi, Sireesh; Gradl, Christian; Baca, Hank; Eddy, Eric; Lang, Camden; Voller, Katherine; Latimer, Timothy; Hinz, Nick; Wallis, Irene; Woitt, Mark

doi:10.15121/1989384

Title: Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy)

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Information around the plug-and-perf treatment design at Utah FORGE by Fervo Energy. Objective and Purpose: - Develop a multistage hydraulic stimulation approach designed specifically to target the top three factors that control the technical and commercial viability of an EGS system: i) Achieving sufficient injectivity to support high cross-well flow rates ii) Distributing flow evenly across the wellbore and reservoir to maximize heat mining efficiency, ensure sustained heat transfer, and mitigate thermal breakthrough iii) Overcoming the effects of stress heterogeneity, stress shadowing, and variations in natural fracture properties during the stimulation treatment, leading to a more predictable stimulated reservoir volume and offset well placement - The following activities will be performed: i) Design, plan, and execute a multistage plug-and-perf stimulation treatment at a Fervo site with data acquisition and well testing activities aimed at addressing key technical aspects of the issues above ii) Perform data processing and interpretation of field results to translate the results form the Fervo site to a site-specific design at the Utah FORGE site iii) Design, plan, and execute a multistage plug-and-perf stimulation treatment design at the Utah FORGE site Methods and Approach: - Design a detailed data acquisition plan to maximize learning around: i) DFITmore »« less

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Norbeck, Jack; Fercho, Steven; McConville, Emma; Titov, Aleksei; Agarwal, Saurabh; Dadi, Sireesh; Gradl, Christian; Baca, Hank; Eddy, Eric; Lang, Camden; Voller, Katherine; Latimer, Timothy; Hinz, Nick; Wallis, Irene; Woitt, Mark

Fervo Energy

Publication Date:: Tue Feb 07 23:00:00 EST 2023

Other Number(s):: 1485

DOE Contract Number:: EE0007080

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; Fervo Energy

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-4G)

Collaborations:: Fervo Energy

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; Blue Mountain; EGS; Fervo; Fervo Energy; Nevada; Utah FORGE; Well 34-22; Well 34A-22; Well 73-22; assessment; energy; feasibility; fiber optic sensing; geothermal; heat in place; horizontal drilling; hydraulic; injection test; near-field EGS; plug and perf; plug-and-perf; plug-and-perf stimulation; processed data; proppant; state of stress; stimulation; technical; well stimulation

OSTI Identifier:: 1989384

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1989384

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                    Norbeck, Jack, Fercho, Steven, McConville, Emma, Titov, Aleksei, Agarwal, Saurabh, Dadi, Sireesh, Gradl, Christian, Baca, Hank, Eddy, Eric, Lang, Camden, Voller, Katherine, Latimer, Timothy, Hinz, Nick, Wallis, Irene, and Woitt, Mark. Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy).  United States: N. p., 2023. 
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                    Norbeck, Jack, Fercho, Steven, McConville, Emma, Titov, Aleksei, Agarwal, Saurabh, Dadi, Sireesh, Gradl, Christian, Baca, Hank, Eddy, Eric, Lang, Camden, Voller, Katherine, Latimer, Timothy, Hinz, Nick, Wallis, Irene, & Woitt, Mark. Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy).  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1989384

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                    Norbeck, Jack, Fercho, Steven, McConville, Emma, Titov, Aleksei, Agarwal, Saurabh, Dadi, Sireesh, Gradl, Christian, Baca, Hank, Eddy, Eric, Lang, Camden, Voller, Katherine, Latimer, Timothy, Hinz, Nick, Wallis, Irene, and Woitt, Mark. 2023.  
"Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy)".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1989384.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1989384. Pub date:Tue Feb 07 23:00:00 EST 2023

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@article{osti_1989384,

  title        = {Utah FORGE: Optimization of a Plug-and-Perf Stimulation (Fervo Energy)},

  author       = {Norbeck, Jack and Fercho, Steven and McConville, Emma and Titov, Aleksei and Agarwal, Saurabh and Dadi, Sireesh and Gradl, Christian and Baca, Hank and Eddy, Eric and Lang, Camden and Voller, Katherine and Latimer, Timothy and Hinz, Nick and Wallis, Irene and Woitt, Mark},

  abstractNote = {Information around the plug-and-perf treatment design at Utah FORGE by Fervo Energy. Objective and Purpose: - Develop a multistage hydraulic stimulation approach designed specifically to target the top three factors that control the technical and commercial viability of an EGS system: i) Achieving sufficient injectivity to support high cross-well flow rates ii) Distributing flow evenly across the wellbore and reservoir to maximize heat mining efficiency, ensure sustained heat transfer, and mitigate thermal breakthrough iii) Overcoming the effects of stress heterogeneity, stress shadowing, and variations in natural fracture properties during the stimulation treatment, leading to a more predictable stimulated reservoir volume and offset well placement - The following activities will be performed: i) Design, plan, and execute a multistage plug-and-perf stimulation treatment at a Fervo site with data acquisition and well testing activities aimed at addressing key technical aspects of the issues above ii) Perform data processing and interpretation of field results to translate the results form the Fervo site to a site-specific design at the Utah FORGE site iii) Design, plan, and execute a multistage plug-and-perf stimulation treatment design at the Utah FORGE site Methods and Approach: - Design a detailed data acquisition plan to maximize learning around: i) DFIT testing ii) Petrophysical logging, image logging iii) Permanent DAS/DTS fiber optic monitoring iv) Deep borehole microseismic monitoring v) Shallow borehole induced seismicity monitoring vi) Injection/production testing (RTA analysis, tracer testing) vii) Integrated numerical modeling and production forecasting},

  doi          = {10.15121/1989384},

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  year         = {Tue Feb 07 23:00:00 EST 2023},

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