University of Utah and Utah FORGE Choose 13 Selectees to Begin Negotiations for up to $44M in Research to Advance Enhanced Geothermal SystemsSALT LAKE CITY, UT., November 14, 2023 – The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) at the...
Utah FORGE Drills Geothermal Production Well. Second deep deviated well in doublet pair. A highly deviated well drilled in hard, hot crystalline granite – will mirror previously drilled...
Announcing SSA session De-risking Deep Geothermal Projects: Geophysical Monitoring and Forecast Modeling Advances Co-conveners: Federica Lanza, Kristine Pankow, David Eaton, Nori Nakata,...
Press Release August 15, 2022 University of Utah and Utah FORGE Announce Second Solicitation Solicitation will total up to $44,000,000 Up to 17 awards anticipated A pre-recorded informational webinar will be available on Aug. 23, 2022 Concept Papers are due October...
The Utah FORGE research team has achieved yet another major milestone in advancing enhanced geothermal system technologies with the successful completion of the first large scale...
Utah FORGE is excited to announce the successful completion of the three-stage hydraulic stimulation of its first highly deviated injection well, 16A(78)-32. Well 16A(78)-32 drilling was completed in January 2021. This is an inclined well (65°to the vertical) that...
Utah FORGE Modeling & Simulation Forum #14 "2021 Utah FORGE modeling summary and 2022 look ahead" Presented by: Rob Podgorney (Idaho National Laboratory) January 19 2021 at 11 am MST Look back at the modeling and simulation efforts completed in 2021. Looking ahead...
This following SSA session will be in person in Bellevue, Washington on 19-23 April 2022: De-risking Deep Geothermal Projects: Geophysical Monitoring and Forecast Modeling Advances Co-conveners: Federica Lanza, Kristine Pankow, Alexandros Savvaidis, Stefan Wiemer,...
Utah FORGE Modeling & Simulation Forum #7 "An Overview of Modeling and Simulation related to Utah FORGE Research Awards" Presented by: Robert Podgorney (INL) May 19 , 2021 This presentation discussed planned modeling activities from the teams recently announced as...
Seismic Monitoring Well 56-32 This well is the fourth and deepest of a cluster of vertical seismic monitoring wells that are located near the toe of 16A(78)-32. The well was drilled vertically to a total depth of approximately 9,000 feet about 1300 feet north of...
Utah FORGE Chooses 17 Selectees to Begin Negotiations: University of Utah to award $46 M for research in Enhanced Geothermal System development 17 selectees chosen to enter negotiations in 5 topic areas SALT LAKE CITY, UT., Feb. 24, 2021 – The Utah Frontier...
Drilling Completed!!! Utah FORGE team has successfully completed drilling of its first highly deviated deep well. Drilling was completed 60 days ahead of schedule. The upper part of the well was drilled vertically through approximately 4,700 feet of sediments before...