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FEBRUARY 2023

U.S. Secretary of U.S. Secretary of Energy visits the Energy visits the Utah FORGE team Utah FORGE team

Message from the Director

Milind Deo, Ph.D.

EGI 50th Anniversary EGI 50th Anniversary

Geoscience Education and Energy Transition

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.

Has Your Company Joined iCORDS Offshore?

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dr. Milind Deo, EGI Director and Peter D. and Catherine R. Meldrum Professor of Chemical Engineering

Greetings from the Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) for a safe and prosperous 2023! The world started getting back to ‘normal’ by late 2022. The energy business remained volatile due to the geopolitical events and due to challenges and bottlenecks created by the pandemic. We were grateful to start in-person meetings and collaboration discussions with our partners. EGI celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 19, 2022. We had a Technical Conference and an evening Banquet. EGI aims to make impactful contributions to energy research over the next 50 years

In collaboration with academic departments at the University of Utah, EGI will start delivering a new program

Resilient Energy. The program encompasses five courses – Geoscience for Energy Transition, Alternate Energy, Energy Management, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, and Energy Entrepreneurship, Society and Policy. The program is intended to instruct undergraduate and graduate students, and to provide education to the energy workforce through non-traditional courses. The program will provide a formal outreach to the ongoing energy transition research at EGI.

Industrial partners may work with EGI as Corporate Associate Members or collaborate with EGI through sponsored research activities As the world is working on energy transition, EGI is embarked on operationalizing many low-carbon energy components

As new projects are developed, companies can utilize the operational knowledge gained EGI conducts and manages many federally funded projects. Collaborating with EGI will give your companies opportunities to observe and/or participate in the research, learn the findings first-hand and receive access to scientists and students conducting research. EGI manages the Frontier Observatory for Geothermal Research (FORGE) project funded by the US DOE. EGI’s portfolio of CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration) projects continues to grow. The Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center (IIAC) led by Professor Kody Powell is affiliated with EGI, and will also be able to help companies conceptualize and execute complex decarbonization schemes Collaboration with Electric Power Innovation Center (EPIC) headed by Professor Masood Parvania will facilitate our efforts to address problems ranging from energy optimization to grid resiliency. We look forward to meeting and conceiving mutually beneficial projects with your teams.

EGI continues to provide value in petroleum exploration and production. We regularly add data elements to EGI’s signature database, EGIConnect.

EGI has significantly improved the data and analytical capabilities of iCORDS Offshore 2.0. We believe these tools offer unparalleled access to data and world-wide exploration capability. EGI scientists have used these tools and additional data to create interpreted packages for certain promising locations Please contact our staff on additional details on these projects

EGI was honored to host the United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at the University of Utah on February 8th. Secretary Granholm received an update on FORGE and delivered a press conference where she announced more DOE funding opportunities for engineered geothermal systems.

EGI is committed to driving the energy transition while promoting energy security. We look forward to working with you on problems of mutual interest. We will be delighted to host you in our Salt Lake City offices or visit your locations to discuss and share ideas

50TH ANNIVERSARY 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Last September, EGI hosted past and present Corporate Associate members in a return to in-person Corporate Associates Technical Conference.

The conference hosted a field course on September 22, 2022 and short courses on the 23rd, along with a banquet honoring the 50th anniversary EGI took this occasion to commemorate the 50 years of success with collaborators, special guests, and friends.

Principal Investigators from each of EGI's research emphases Energy Fluids and Minerals, Geothermal Research, and Carbon Management joined members in presentations and discussions from their current projects following the technical sessions

This past year, short course topics came out of EGI’s carbon science and geothermal expertise. Dr. Brian McPherson taught “Basic Geologic Carbon Storage Modeling” and Dr. John McLennan taught “Geomechanics Considerations for Geothermal Well Construction”.

David Langton accepting an award from Al Walker and Dr Milind Deo

EGI 50th anniversary banquet at Rice Eccles Stadium, University of Utah

The optional field course accompanying this year’s conference was themed around Resilient Energy Engineering, EGI’s new education and training initiative. EGI took participants on a one-day excursion to central Utah’s developing renewable energy corridor, where many exciting projects were underway.

The course highlighted EGI’s and the U S Department of Energy’s Utah FORGE geothermal project site located in Milford, Utah and the work being done by EGI scientists there.

It was an exciting opportunity for Corporate Associates to visit EGI’s current projects, as well as the hydrogen storage facility sponsored in Delta, Utah.

Thank you to our 50th Anniversary Celebration sponsor: Schlumberger

Banquet honorees: David Curtis on behalf of Dr Raymond Levey, Dr Joe Moore, Rich Esser, Chris Kessler, and David Langton

Dean Mike Barber of Civil Engineering toast EGI and the Ute football team PAC-12 champions

Over 200 guests attended the EGI 50th banquet

Rich Esser accepting an award presented by Dr. Milind Deo and Dr. Brian McPherson

UtahFORGE UtahFORGE UPDATE UPDATE

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy expanded its series of Energy Earthshots to “accelerate breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade ” The Enhanced Geothermal Shot, aims to reduce the cost of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) by 90%, or $45 per megawatt hour by 2035.

The Utah FORGE project plays a pivotal role in de-risking EGS through tool testing and new technology development. The successful hydraulic stimulation of well 16(A)78-32 and the deployment of seismic monitoring tools at the Utah FORGE site in April 2022 has been captured in this video here.

In the spring of 2023, Utah FORGE will begin the next phase, drilling its second deep deviated well, the production well Once completed, another hydraulic stimulation, similar to the one in April of 2022, will be conducted to establish interconnectivity between the injection well (16(A)78-32) and the newly drilled production well (16(B)7838). The work should take approximately 4-5 months.

Additionally, to help further advancements in EGS technologies, in August, Utah FORGE announced Solicitation 2022-2. Now closed, the solicitation provides up to $44 million in funding in five topic areas from seismic monitoring protocols, to high-temperature sensors, tools and zonal isolation technologies to alternative stimulation schemes

Watch here: Utah FORGE Year 2022 Success Story

U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY VISITS THE UTAH FORGE TEAM

On February 8th, 2023 the Utah FORGE team was honored to welcome U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson to the University of Utah’s Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons building. Joining the Secretary were officials from the Utah Office of Energy Development, the University of Utah, and the Energy & Geoscience Institute, which manages the Utah FORGE research Several students working on the project also attended Dr Joseph Moore, the Principal Investigator of Utah FORGE, presented an overview of the project and answered questions from the Secretary and others in attendance. Secretary Granholm expressed enthusiasm for the potential offered by the research in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS, the progress achieved thus far, and its role in advancing the nation’s renewable energy goals.

Following the presentation, the Secretary, Lt. Governor and Dr. Moore toured the geothermal pump room at the Gardner Commons The building is entirely heated and cooled by some 150 geothermal wells located under a nearby soccer field The system saves the University over $60,000 annually in energy costs.

At the conclusion of her visit, Secretary Granholm participated in a press conference held at the Hinckley Institute of Politics in the Gardner Commons. She announced up to $74 million funding opportunity for new pilot projects to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) John Palo, facilities district manager at the University of Utah, left, gives a tour of Gardner Commons geothermal energy production on Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023 U S Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center right, was joined by Dr. Joseph Moore, and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson as they toured the building.

University of Utah civil and environmental engineering research professor Joseph Moore (left to right), U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson visit the campus Feb 8 to discuss progress on the FORGE geothermal laboratory (Photos credit: Eric Larson, FlashPoint SLC.)

Dr. Joseph Moore discusses Utah FORGE

By Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.

Geoscience education, enrollment and employment are facing daunting challenges for a variety of reasons:

(1) Competition from other sciences and fields such as biology, chemical engineering, business, and computer and information science

(2) public misconception of geologists as field workers (mostly men) hammering, digging or blasting rocks in rough and remote places or chasing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

(3) insufficient efforts and outreach programs to educate the public and the youth about the significance and relevance of geoscience to life and society.

(4) lack of modern courses around big questions and real issues to attract minds and monies.

(5) a sharp decline in employment by the oil and gas industry, which was traditionally a major employer of geology and geophysics graduates

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D. Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.

The modern world has been shaped by fossil fuels: coal, oil, and gas. These still constitute 80% of energy consumption although renewables are and will be steadily increasing their shares. The burning of fossil fuels, which has steadily increased since the mid-19th century on par with growth in populations and industries, has increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide, a key culprit in the current global warming manifested in melting glaciers, floods, storms, droughts, and wildfires Many rightfully fear that if we do not do something big and fast, these climate-driven phenomena will intensify and will be accompanied by sea level rise, inundation of islands and coastal cities (loss of land), ocean acidification, and habitat destruction for wildlife.

We are living in the midst of a major technological revolution in history – a transition to low-carbon industries, economies, and lifestyles. The energy transition is not going to be easy or fast. However, its challenges also come with real opportunities for innovation, research and development (R&D), new funds, and being part of the solutions.

Read full article here.

This article was originally published in The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), 2022

EGI’S CARBON MANAGEMENT EGI’S CARBON MANAGEMENT TEAM UPDATE TEAM UPDATE

EGI’s Carbon Management team led by Dr. Brian McPherson was recently awarded over $8 million dollars of US Department of Energy (DOE) funding to establish the potential of commercial-scale geologic carbon dioxide storage in Utah’s Uinta Basin. Dr. Ting Xiao, along with Dr. McPherson, will serve as the principal investigators on this DOE CarbonSAFE II: Storage Complex Feasibility project to characterize and evaluate the potential for a geologic carbon sequestration hub in the Uinta Basin.

This project will support EGI’s innovative research team in advancing carbon capture and storage opportunities in the Uinta Basin for local industry, including the Bonanza Coal-Fired Power Plant operated by Deseret Power.

Dr. Ting Xiao

Dr. Brian McPherson

The Carbon Science and Research Initiative on a field trip in the northern sector of the Paradox Basin, near Moab, Utah.

PARADOX FIELD TRIP PARADOX FIELD TRIP

NOVEMBER, 2022 NOVEMBER, 2022

OVERALL FIELD TRIP OBJECTIVES:

Identify the geological structures, formation outcrops and evidence of fracture systems

Understand the actual implications for accurate numerical modeling of the geological stresses and the resultant fracture network.

Provide first-hand evidence of the petrophysical properties of the stratigraphic units.

The Carbon Science and Research Initiative of the Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, attended a geology field trip in the northern sector of the Paradox Basin, near Moab, Utah.

Addressing current research in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), the field trip provided physical evidence in the project objective of optimize the completions and production in oil and gas wells in the Cane Creek formation, at the Gunnison Valley unit.

Experts from different fields including geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, geomodelers contributed to the understanding of the multiple parameters of the complex stratigraphy ranging from Cretaceous Mancos shale, the fluvial and eolian sandstones of the Jurassic, to the marine mudstones and interlayered salts of the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation, and the state of stress in the area, correlating current evidence of structures and faults to the chaotic geological history in the area, including the Moab Salt Valleys, the Uncompahgre uplift, the Moab fault, with unparallel outcrop exposure along the Colorado River drainage system.

Exploration activities in offshore Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana

GUYANA - SURINAME BASINS DATABASE GUYANA - SURINAME BASINS DATABASE

DEMERARA BID ROUND 2022/2023

DEMERARA BID ROUND 2022/2023

Rasoul

Sorkhabi, Ph.D. | Eiichi Setoyama, Ph.D. | Christopher Kesler

Recent discoveries offshore Guyana-Suriname have placed this petroleum province in the spotlight. These discoveries indicate massive occurrent of oil and gas in the region and the need for regional synthesis and quantitative geologic and geochemical data on petroleum systems for further exploration.

This EGI study report is designed to:

(1) Integrate all of data from EGI reports as well as research papers in a coherent schema.

(2) Compile geochemical data and add new geochemical analyses on select samples

(3) Construct new paleofacies maps for key stratigraphic horizons from onshore to deepwater.

(4) Construct litho-chrono-bio-stratigraphic columns for the wells

(5) Assemble structural and geophysical data on a unified, easy-to-use platform.

The study report is delivered on the ArcGIS platform.

US $40,000 Non-CA companies

US $32,000 EGI CA Members (20% discount)

CONTACT

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph D | rsorkhabi@egiwpadmin

contactegi@egi.utah.edu

KEY DELIVERABLES

ArcGIS integration and display of stratigraphic, geochemical, and well data and maps, including access to publicly-available seismic images.

Characterization of the offshore petroleum systems in the region by new geochemical and paleofacies data.

C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

BY BRYONY RICHARDS, Ph.D.

During the Upper Paleolithic, some 50,000 years ago, the Earth was still in a glacial period; megafauna (think Dire wolves, Smilodon, and Megatherium) roamed the land, and humans and Neanderthals both inhabited our planet. 50,000 years ago, was also the last time comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was visible from Earth, probably as a faint green speck crossing the nights sky. Who knows what our ancestors thought of this strange sight in their normally familiar night sky They were, however, unlikely to be as thrilled as the hordes of astronomers trying to catch a photo of this fast-moving, short-lived target, me included.

Jump forward to March 2022 and astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility at the Palomar Observatory, California first discover C/2022 E3 (ZFT). This new long-period comet, last seen by humans and Neanderthals alike, was due to come close to Earth during the early months of 2023.

As its catchy name, containing the letter ‘C’ would suggest the comet is a long period comet (>200 years to orbit the sun), stemming from the cometary reservoir of the Oort Cloud.

As a side note, comets are pretty special; these “dirty snowballs”, made up of dust, rock, and ice, offer a pristine view into our solar system and its formation across billions of years There is evidence to suggest that water on Earth originated from comets that impacted in the early years of our planet’s formation. Even the tails of comets have been vital to scientific understanding, with solar winds discovered through the analysis of comet tails 70 odd years ago.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing close to NGC2591, December 27th, 2022.

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) continued:

As with most comets, ZTF has two tails; one composed of ionized gas, and another of dust. The third ‘anti tail’ reported as present, is actually part of the dust tail and just an optical illusion due to our point of view on Earth As ZTF approached the inner Solar System, solar radiation caused volatile material to vaporize from its surface and stream out of the comet nucleus as a green glow. Comet ZTF’s bright green glow reveals the chemicals it is composed of, with dicarbon dominating emissions.

In comparison to the large dust molecules of the (messy-looking) dust tail, the smaller molecules of the ion tail glow due to fluorescence creating a vibrant blue color As mentioned above, the ion tails of comets precipitated the discovery of solar winds, and within the tail of ZTF disruption due to these winds is present. For the geologically inclined among us, the ion tail, if you look closely, almost looks like en echelon veining.

HAVE YOU JOINED iCORDS OFFSHORE?

iCORDS Offshore is EGI’s data analytics service integrating geoscience data on offshore basins and wells. The data have been harvested from various sources including DSDP-ODP-IODP and agencies from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia.

Integrating diverse geoscientific data repositories. Global database curated for easy use. Analytics ready with graphing capabilities

Provides data for geochemistry and basin modeling

A great tool at your fingertip for exploration and data screening.

Over 10 million geologic and geochemical data points from thousands of wells plus >5 million km seismic lines, 60,000 heat flow data, & supportive maps to contextualize the data.

Spark Innovation through Aggregation

Our goal is to aggregate and standardize the global offshore data and make it universally available on a single platform.

iCORDS™ Offshore Module is offered on Google Cloud with an annual subscription.

1st Year: US $30,000 EGI CA Members; US $40,000 non-CA Companies.

Subsequent Years: US $20,000 EGI CA Members; US $30,000 non-CA Companies

Note: Companies joining EGI or renewing their CA Membership in 2022-23 will get a 1-year free access to iCORDS™ Offshore

CONTACT

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph D | rsorkhabi@egiwpadmin

contactegi@egi utah edu

Rasoul Sorkhabi elected as Associate Editor, AAPG Bulletin

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D., Research Professor at EGI, has been elected as an Associate Editor for AAPG Bulletin for the years 2023-2-24. Published monthly by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG Bulletin is one of the major peer-reviewed international journals in the field of petroleum geoscience. This year AAPG Bulletin is publishing its 107 volume, and each issue brings out some of the most innovative papers in various fields of petroleum geoscience Sorkhabi joins a team of eminent geoscientists who serve on the AAPG Bulletin’s editorial board

Society of Petroleum Engineers

The 2022 SPE Rocky Mountain North America Regional Service Award (Nov. 7, 2022) went to Ellis Peterson, Petroleum Engineer with the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, during the SPE Distinguished Lecturer presentation. Certificate was presented by Arnis Judzis (Left).

Birth Announcements

Visit from the Kyrgyz Republic

In November, EGI had the honor and pleasure to meet and explain EGI’s programs and capabilities to representatives from the Kyrgyz Republic.

The international visitors were guests of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program and the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy to examine climate change and renewable energy.

EGI's Carbon Science Initiative Programs Manager, Brook Tucker and her husband Kevin welcomed a baby boy named Jameson Tucker in the early hours of January 26th, 2022. Congratulation to the happy family!

Eric Edelman with the Carbon Science Group and his wife Lisa are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter, Louise "Lou" Anne Edelman, on January 23, 2023 We extend our warmest congratulations to him and his family on the arrival of their beautiful baby girl.

Louise "Lou" Anne Edelman

Jameson Tucker

IN REMEMBRANCE

DR. PHILIP EIN WANNAMAKER | 1954 - 2022

EGI lost a friend and a brilliant scientist. On August 22nd, Phil Wannamaker suffered heart failure while presenting his scientific findings on UtahFORGE while on a Zoom call and died at EGI. Rather than paraphrase his Obituary, we would like to share collective thoughts about his celebration of life contributed by Louise Pellerin who earned her Ph.D. at the University of Utah in 1992, his brother and musical mathematician Dr. Robert Wannamaker, and others.

Family, friends, colleagues and neighbors gathered on Sunday September 4th, 2022 to celebrate the life of Phil Wannamaker. They gathered at Phil’s beautiful home on the East Bench which was filled with art from his world travels and a map collection of the western US that will be donated to a local museum.

His friends from four decades shared stories of field campaigns, the Magneto telluric (MT) Method, and friendship His brother Rob read the obituary and then told of when Phil was a boy, his mother warned him to get an education or he would be digging holes for a living. In spite of attaining a Ph.D., Phil became a great hole digger and dug many holes installing Magneto telluric instruments around the globe, including Antarctica.

RICHARD ESSER | 1970 - 2023

Richard Paul Esser, age 53, died unexpectedly on February 1, 2023. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Dina Drits-Esser, and his amazing boys, Solomon (age 10) and Knut (age 9). He is also survived by his parents, James and Katharine Esser, and his sisters, Shari and Valerie Esser. Rich was a devoted father and husband who loved to spend time with his family outdoors, camping and exploring. He also loved to work on projects at home with his sons, building, drawing, and fixing things.

Rich was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, then moved to New Mexico for his graduate education Rich received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin and his Master of Science in Geochemistry from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 1996 After living for 15 years in Socorro, New Mexico, and spending several seasons in Antarctica on research, Rich moved to Utah where he met Dina

Rich served as research faculty in carbon science engineering in the Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah for the last 15 years A productive researcher, he explored carbon dioxide sequestration, argon geochronology, and petroleum geology

His exploits in Antarctica are legendary as well as the story of when he deployed to Antarctica for several months without spare pants Needless to say, his only pants were purportedly “stolen” and there was an “Antarctic Alert: Where are Phil’s pants?”

Phil’s daughter Alexis Verson was married in June and Phil was overjoyed during the event Alexis inherited her father’s love of the outdoors. Phil’s partner, Barbara, is a teacher in an international school. She and Phil had an amazing relationship that danced around the world. Her friends of the global teaching community were there to support her.

As midnight passed, they were still telling Phil stories and drinking beer A few minutes before 2 a m the last toast was made at the gate and we said goodbye to our good friend Phil

He was an extremely hard worker and well-loved by his colleagues

A wonderful and giving father, husband, son, brother, and friend, Rich will be long remembered by those who knew him He was deeply loved by a broad circle of family and friends and will be missed beyond measure

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Alam, M , Manankandayalage, C , Mushfiq, M , Panja, P , Deo, M (2022) Doping and Redoping Effects on Hybrid Polymer Membranes for Direct Air Capture of CO2, Carbon Management Project Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15-19 Aug

Ampomah, W., McPherson, B., Balch, R., Grigg, R., & Cather, M. (2022). Forecasting CO2 Sequestration with Enhanced Oil Recovery. Energies, 15(16), 5930. doi.org/10.3390/en15165930

Asai, P , Podgorney, R , McLennan, J , Deo, M , & Moore, J (2022) Analytical model for fluid flow distribution in an Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Renewable Energy. Vol. 193, pp. 821-831.

Asai, P., Jin, J., Deo, M., Miller, J. D., & Butt, D. (2022). Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate the effect of confinement on fluid flow in silica nanopores Fuel, 317, 123373

Balch, R., McPherson, B., Esser, R., El-Kaseeh, G., (2022) Promoting and Accelerating Decarbonized Energy in the Western United States - The Carbon Utilization and Storage Partnership. Proceedings of the 16th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-16) (23-24 Oct.), SSRN: ssrn com/abstract=4296806

Gilmullina, A , Klausen, T G , Doré, A G , Sirevaag, H , Suslova, A , & Eide, C H (2023) Arctic sediment routing during the Triassic: sinking the Arctic Atlantis. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(1), jgs2022-018. doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-018.

Jacobson, A T , Chen, C , Dewey, J C , Copeland, G C , Allen, W T , Richards, B, Kaszuba, J P, van Duin, A C , Cho, H , Deo, M , She, Y , Martin, T P (2022) Effect of nanoconfinement and pore geometry on point of zero charge in synthesized mesoporous siliceous materials, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Open (JCIS ) , Vol 8, 100069, ISSN 2666-934X

Lundin, R.R., Doré, A.G., Naliboff, J. & Van Wijk, J., (2022). Utilization of continental transforms in break-up: observations, models, and a potential link to magmatism In: Nemčok, M , Doran, H , Doré, A G , Ledvényiová, L and Rybár, S (eds) Tectonic Development, Thermal History and Hydrocarbon Habitat Models of Transform Margins: their Differences from Rifted Margins Geological Society Special Publication 524, London, Special Publications, 524 doi org/10 1144/SP524-2021-119

McCormack, K., Bratton. T., Chen, T., McPherson, B., (2022) Probabilistic assessment of uncertainties in induced seismic potential of the San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE Phase III deep saline carbon sequestration site, Authorea Preprints (Nov )

McCormack, K , McPherson, B , (2022) Induced seismicity potential of the San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE deep saline carbon sequestration project based on probabilistic geomechanics, Authorea Preprints (Nov.) DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10508778.1

McCormack, K , Bratton T , Chen, T , McPherson, B , (2022) Induced seismicity potential based on probabilistic geomechanics for the San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE project, Geophysics, (Nov ) DOI: 1/doi org/10 1190/geo2021-0704 1

McLennan, J., England, K., Rose, P., Moore, J., and Ben B.. (2023). "Stimulation of a High-Temperature Granitic Reservoir at the Utah FORGE Site." Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, (Jan.) doi.org/10.2118/212346-MS

McLennan, J , Panja, P (2022) Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Science & Technology Advancement, AIChE Annual Meeting, (Nov )

McLennan, John. (2022) Utah FORGE Well 16A(78)-32 Stimulation Data (April, 2022). United States. doi.org/10.15121/1871203

Moodie, N , Rasmussen , L , Heath, J , Dewers, T , (2022) Capillary Pressure Derived Relative Permeability Relationships, Authorea Preprints, Related articles All 7 versions

Panja, P., and Sorkhabi, R. (2022) Geomechanical controls on production performance of Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford oil wells in southern Texas. ARMA (American Rock Mechanics Association) 56th Symposium doi org/10 56952/ARMA-2022-0480

Panja, P , Velasco, R , Asai, P , & Deo, M (2022) New Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) Model with Coupled Geomechanics and Fluid Flow Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC). Houston, Texas, 20-22 June.

Panja, P , Alam, M , Deo, M (2022) Performance Evaluation of Membrane Module for CO2 Separation from Ambient Air, AIChE Annual Meeting Phoenix, 13-18 Nov American Association of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona 13-18 November 2022

Panja, P., Jia, W., & McPherson, B. (2022). Prediction of well performance in SACROC field using stacked Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network. Expert Systems with Applications, 205, doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117670.

Panja, P , Jia, W & McPherson, B (2022) Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (convLSTM) for Spatio-Temporal Forecastings of Saturations and Pressure in the SACROC Field, Carbon Management Project Review Meeting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15-19 Aug

Paronish, T., Crandall, D., Moore, J. E. , McKisic, T., Mitchell, N., Brown, S.R ., Tennant,B., Workman, S., Edelman,E., McPherson, B., Esser, R., (2022) Core Characterization of the Cane Creek Interval in the Paradox Formation from the State 16-2 Well, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), (26 July)

Phelan, Z., Xing, P., Panja, P., Moore, J., & McLennan, J. (2022). Prediction of Formation Properties Based on Drilling Data of Geothermal Wells at Utah FORGE Site Using Machine Learning, 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (ARMA 2022) OnePetro. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2629 June

Rutledge, J & Dyer, B, Bethmann, F , Meier, P , Pankow, K , Wannamaker, P , Moore, J (2022) Downhole microseismic monitoring of injection stimulations at the Utah FORGE EGS Site. Proceedings of the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium. Vol. 22. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 26-29 June.

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