Hydraulic fracturing‐induced seismicity

R Schultz, RJ Skoumal, MR Brudzinski… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic fracturing (HF) is a technique that is used for extracting petroleum resources from
impermeable host rocks. In this process, fluid injected under high pressure causes fractures …

Is geothermal heating environmentally superior than coal fired heating in China?

R Zhang, G Wang, X Shen, J Wang, X Tan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geothermal energy is considerably encouraged by governments because it offers a low-
carbon renewable option to satisfy the long-term heat demand. However, to date research …

Oklahoma's induced seismicity strongly linked to wastewater injection depth

T Hincks, W Aspinall, R Cooke, T Gernon - Science, 2018 - science.org
The sharp rise in Oklahoma seismicity since 2009 is due to wastewater injection. The role of
injection depth is an open, complex issue, yet critical for hazard assessment and regulation …

Oklahoma experiences largest earthquake during ongoing regional wastewater injection hazard mitigation efforts

WL Yeck, GP Hayes, DE McNamara… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 3 September 2016, Mw 5.8 Pawnee earthquake was the largest recorded
earthquake in the state of Oklahoma. Seismic and geodetic observations of the Pawnee …

2017 one‐year seismic‐hazard forecast for the central and eastern United States from induced and natural earthquakes

MD Petersen, CS Mueller… - Seismological …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We produce a one‐year 2017 seismic‐hazard forecast for the central and eastern United
States from induced and natural earthquakes that updates the 2016 one‐year forecast; this …

Far‐field pressurization likely caused one of the largest injection induced earthquakes by reactivating a large preexisting basement fault structure

WL Yeck, M Weingarten, HM Benz… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mw 5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma, earthquake on 13 February 2016 and its
associated seismicity produced the largest moment release in the central and eastern …

Stress drops of induced and tectonic earthquakes in the central United States are indistinguishable

Y Huang, WL Ellsworth, GC Beroza - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Induced earthquakes currently pose a significant hazard in the central United States, but
there is considerable uncertainty about the severity of their ground motions. We measure …

A systematic assessment of the spatiotemporal evolution of fault activation through induced seismicity in Oklahoma and southern Kansas

M Schoenball, WL Ellsworth - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Much of Oklahoma and southern Kansas has seen widespread seismic activity in the last
decade that is attributed to large‐scale wastewater disposal into the Arbuckle group. Using a …

Wastewater disposal and the earthquake sequences during 2016 near Fairview, Pawnee, and Cushing, Oklahoma

A McGarr, AJ Barbour - Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Each of the three earthquake sequences in Oklahoma in 2016—Fairview, Pawnee, and
Cushing—appears to have been induced by high‐volume wastewater disposal within 10 …

Injection‐induced moment release can also be aseismic

A McGarr, AJ Barbour - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cumulative seismic moment is a robust measure of the earthquake response to fluid
injection for injection volumes ranging from 3,100 to about 12 million m3. Over this range …