The FORGE project reached a milestone, proving two deep vertical wells that link to a long horizontal conduit are indeed connected.
MILFORD, Beaver County — If one didn't know better, Joseph Moore could be talking about one of his grandchildren or a shiny sports car parked in his garage.
The day before the Thursday media tour of the site, the project reached a milestone — proving two deep vertical wells that link to a long horizontal conduit are indeed connected — much like a radiator in a car that operates on a circulating loop.The project injected 1,800 barrels of water into one well, at five barrels a minute, and achieved success when it flowed along the horizontal pathway to travel up the production well.
Both Moore and co-principal investigator John McLennan said heat is simultaneously their friend and foe as they strive to fulfill the first phase of the $220 million U.S. Department of Energy project.
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