Paper by Peter Niemz et al., (Geothermics) describes seismic observations from the circulation tests at FORGE using only the regional (near-)surface network of the UUSS.
3DEC model of a geothermal site showing shear displacements along existing fractures and synthetic (predicted) microseismicity.
XSite model of fracture growth from five perforation clusters sequentially stimulated, showing stress interference between the fractures. The plot shows fracture apertures. The insert shows the histories of injection pressures during the simulation.
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