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Utah FORGE: Updated Discrete Fracture Network Model - 2025
The Utah FORGE 2025 v1 DFN (fracture model) includes 131 discrete planar fractures which were identified using combined site data sets to capture flow pathways between wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 following stimulation activities in 2022 and 2024. It also includes stochastic fractures (radius 20-150 m) away from well control. The DFN details fracture geometry such as position, orientation, and size, but does not address hydraulic properties like aperture, permeability, or compressibility, which may vary within each fracture plane. Further information and figures illustrating various fracture subsets are available in the accompanying notes document.
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| description | The Utah FORGE 2025 v1 DFN (fracture model) includes 131 discrete planar fractures which were identified using combined site data sets to capture flow pathways between wells 16A(78)-32 and 16B(78)-32 following stimulation activities in 2022 and 2024. It also includes stochastic fractures (radius 20-150 m) away from well control. The DFN details fracture geometry such as position, orientation, and size, but does not address hydraulic properties like aperture, permeability, or compressibility, which may vary within each fracture plane. Further information and figures illustrating various fracture subsets are available in the accompanying notes document. |
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"description": "This archive contains a top-level spreadsheet indicating data support for each of the DFN fractures along with figures and notes for each of the data sources used to construct the DFN. Figures are organized by both data source (26 columns in the evidence table) and by individual fracture (133 rows in the evidence table)."
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| identifier | https://data.openei.org/submissions/8462 |
| issued | 2025-07-24T06:00:00Z |
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| modified | 2026-02-09T19:55:43Z |
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| projectLead | Lauren Boyd |
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| projectTitle | Utah FORGE |
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| title | Utah FORGE: Updated Discrete Fracture Network Model - 2025 |
