A Comparison of Passive Seismic Monitoring of Fracture Stimulation Due to Water Versus CO2 Injection

Authors :: Shawn Maxwell
James P. Verdon
J-M Kendall
Source :: 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009.
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2009.
Abstract: The principal observation from passive seismic monitoring at the Weyburn CCS/EOR project has been a very low rate of microseismicity. This has lead to the suggestion that, as CO2 has a higher compressibility, when injected it will have a lower seismic eff

Subjects :: Regional geology
Tectonics
Hydrogeology
Passive seismic
Engineering geology
Fracture (geology)
Economic geology
Petrology
Igneous petrology
Geology

Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........48b6868a710deb00c1d128b37a1fea89
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201400082

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