Project Home Page

NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-UT-C010-2023-0004-EA
Project Name: Cape Modern Geothermal Exploration Project

Project Home | Documents | Maps | How To Get Involved

Project Information

NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-UT-C010-2023-0004-EA
Project Name

Cape Modern Geothermal Exploration Project
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Cedar City Field Office
Last Updated

Project Description

Escalante Desert Resources LLC (EDR), a wholly owned Fervo Energy Company subsidiary, is proposing to construct, operate, and maintain the Cape Modern Geothermal Exploration Project (Project) in Beaver County, Utah. The Project would include exploration activities, reservoir monitoring and characterization activities, drilling and testing of geothermal wells, and access road construction. 

EDR will explore for geothermal resource and verify the commercial viability of the generation of electricity. EDR expects that up to 29 geothermal exploration wells would be drilled and tested within the federal geothermal leases.  EDR’s development strategy involves drilling multiple horizontal injection and production wells to recover the geothermal resource with maximum efficiency and with minimal impact to the environment. In addition to the horizontal wells, the wellfield development plan requires drilling several vertical observation wells for the purposes of measuring the formation temperature, verifying the lithologic structure of the formation, and potentially hosting data acquisition systems such as fiber optic cables or temporary downhole geophones. Approximately 21 horizontal wells and 8 vertical wells will be drilled in succession in order to confirm the viability of the geothermal resource in this project area.

What's New

The BLM will release the Finding of No Significant Impact, Decision Record and final EA on February 13, 2023 for a 30-day decision and appeal period ending on March 15th, 2023.

Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Milford	Utah	84751	Beaver County

Application Information

Program

Renewable Energy
Sub-Program

Geothermal

Project Dates

Start Date

10/4/2022
FONSI Date

2/13/2023

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Cedar City Field Office
Offices

Cedar City FO

Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Hayden Houston
Contact 1 Email

[email protected]
Contact 1 Phone

Contact 2 Name

Edward Ginouves
Contact 2 Email

[email protected]
Contact 2 Phone

(435) 865-3040