Green, yellow, red, or out of the blue? An assessment of Traffic Light Schemes to mitigate the impact of hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity

JP Verdon, JJ Bommer - Journal of Seismology, 2021 - Springer
Mitigating hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity (HF-IS) poses a challenge for shale gas
companies and regulators alike. The use of Traffic Light Schemes (TLSs) is the most …

[HTML][HTML] Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity

IR Kivi, A Boyet, H Wu, L Walter… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Fluid injection into geological formations for energy resource development frequently
induces (micro) seismicity. Moderate-to large-magnitude induced earthquakes may cause …

Distinguishing the causal factors of induced seismicity in the Delaware Basin: Hydraulic fracturing or wastewater disposal?

I Grigoratos, A Savvaidis… - … Society of America, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Identifying the causal factors behind elevated seismicity rates in areas with multiple ongoing
oil and gas activities has always been a challenging issue that is lacking a homogeneous …

Stress chatter via fluid flow and fault slip in a hydraulic fracturing‐induced earthquake sequence in the Montney Formation, British Columbia

AF Peña Castro, MP Roth, A Verdecchia… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Source processes of injection‐induced earthquakes involve complex fluid‐rock interaction
often elusive to regional seismic monitoring. Here we combine observations from a local …

High‐Resolution Imaging of the  2.9 August 2019 Earthquake in Lancashire, United Kingdom, Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing during Preston New Road PNR‐2 …

T Kettlety, JP Verdon, A Butcher… - Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Hydraulic fracturing (HF) at Preston New Road (PNR), Lancashire, United Kingdom, in
August 2019, induced a number of felt earthquakes. The largest event (ML 2.9) occurred on …

Well proximity governing stress drop variation and seismic attenuation associated with hydraulic fracturing induced earthquakes

H Yu, RM Harrington, H Kao, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use broadband seismic data collected within 3 km of a hydraulic fracturing (HF) well in
northeast British Columbia, Canada, to estimate the stress drop values of HF‐induced …

A study on the largest hydraulic fracturing induced earthquake in Canada: Numerical modeling and triggering mechanism

B Wang, A Verdecchia, H Kao… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The M w 4.6 earthquake that occurred on 17 August 2015 northwest of Fort St. John, British
Columbia, is considered the largest hydraulic‐fracturing‐induced event in Canada, based …

A new P‐wave tomographic model (CAP22) for North America: Implications for the subduction and cratonic metasomatic modification history of western Canada and …

A Boyce, MV Liddell, S Pugh, J Brown… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the present‐day state and evolution of the Canadian and Alaskan
mantle is hindered by a lack of absolute P‐wavespeed constraints that provide …

Anatomy of a buried thrust belt activated during hydraulic fracturing

N Riazi, DW Eaton - Tectonophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Tectonically active fault networks are often inter-connected, but in the case of injection-
induced seismicity, prior knowledge of fault architecture tends to be severely limited. In most …

Numerical study of the role of localized stress perturbations on fault slip: Insights for injection-induced fault reactivation

Y Huang, X Lei, S Ma - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
We used numerical methods and the rate-and-state dependent friction law to investigate the
role of localized stress perturbation, as a simple analog of fluid overpressure caused by fluid …