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Suggested best practice for seismic monitoring and characterization of non-conventional reservoirs

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: General awareness of induced seismicity and gas leakage related to energy reservoir exploitation has been on the rise for several years (McGarr, 2002; Davies et al., 2013). This includes events from short-term fluid injection for reservoir simulation (Giardini, 2009; Atkinson, 2016), Long term hydrocarbon extraction (Van Thienen-Visser and Breuness, 2015), underground storage of natural gas (Cesca et al., 2014), waster water (Ellsworth, 2013), and carbon dioxide (Zoback and Gorelick, 2012). High rates of felt induced events in previously quiet areas are now considered critical for public safety and social licence to operate (Petersen et al, 2016). Concerns about contamination of ground water and climate effects have followed suit (Darrah et al., 2014; Davies et al., 2014).

Source: First Break

DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.n0070

Authors: Marco Bohnhoff, Peter Malin, Jan ter Heege, Jean-Pierre Deflandre, Charles Sicking

Institutions: GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, IFP Énergies nouvelles

Language: English

Topic: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

Awards: G434337789, M4ShaleGas: Measuring, monitoring, mitigating managing the environmental impact of shale gas