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Utah FORGE: Native State Numerical Model - 2025 Update
This dataset contains a three-dimensional native-state numerical model of the Utah FORGE site, updated in 2025, representing thermal, hydraulic, and stress conditions within the granitic reservoir and overlying sedimentary formations. The model domain extends 6 km by 6 km laterally and 4.5 km vertically, encompassing the granitic reservoir and overlying sedimentary formations. Mesh refinement has been implemented in the well field region to improve resolution of thermal-hydraulic gradients near injection and production intervals.
Temperature calibration incorporates updated thermal gradient measurements from multiple wellbores, with particular attention to convective effects in the fractured granite reservoir. The model demonstrates strong agreement with observed downhole temperature profiles. Pressure boundary conditions have been refined based on recent shut-in pressure measurements and hydraulic monitoring data. In-situ stress parameters have been updated to better represent observed geometrically induced anisotropic stress state and its variation with depth, which is critical for predicting fracture orientation during stimulation operations. Key model parameters including rock thermal conductivity, permeability of both fractures and the surrounding reservoir, and bulk reservoir porosity have been recalibrated using circulation test data from 2024. This updated baseline model provides an improved foundation for simulating enhanced geothermal system development at the Utah FORGE site.
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| description | This dataset contains a three-dimensional native-state numerical model of the Utah FORGE site, updated in 2025, representing thermal, hydraulic, and stress conditions within the granitic reservoir and overlying sedimentary formations. The model domain extends 6 km by 6 km laterally and 4.5 km vertically, encompassing the granitic reservoir and overlying sedimentary formations. Mesh refinement has been implemented in the well field region to improve resolution of thermal-hydraulic gradients near injection and production intervals. Temperature calibration incorporates updated thermal gradient measurements from multiple wellbores, with particular attention to convective effects in the fractured granite reservoir. The model demonstrates strong agreement with observed downhole temperature profiles. Pressure boundary conditions have been refined based on recent shut-in pressure measurements and hydraulic monitoring data. In-situ stress parameters have been updated to better represent observed geometrically induced anisotropic stress state and its variation with depth, which is critical for predicting fracture orientation during stimulation operations. Key model parameters including rock thermal conductivity, permeability of both fractures and the surrounding reservoir, and bulk reservoir porosity have been recalibrated using circulation test data from 2024. This updated baseline model provides an improved foundation for simulating enhanced geothermal system development at the Utah FORGE site. |
| distribution |
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"title": "Native State Model - 2025.zip",
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"description": "This archive contains the model's MOOSE input script together with loading and boundary conditions and accompanying pythons scripts that can be used to import new boundary conditions. The contents represent calibrated thermal, hydraulic, and stress conditions used to define the baseline state of the reservoir."
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| identifier | https://data.openei.org/submissions/8618 |
| issued | 2026-01-30T07:00:00Z |
| keyword |
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"EGS",
"FORGE",
"MOOSE",
"Utah FORGE",
"energy",
"geothermal",
"geothermal reservoir",
"granitic reservoir",
"in-situ stress",
"mesh",
"native state model",
"numerical simulation",
"pore pressure",
"subsurface temperature",
"thermal-hydraulic modeling"
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| landingPage | https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/1812 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2026-02-10T17:52:49Z |
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| projectLead | Lauren Boyd |
| projectNumber | EE0007080 |
| projectTitle | Utah FORGE |
| publisher |
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| title | Utah FORGE: Native State Numerical Model - 2025 Update |
