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 …

Earthquakes influenced by water

C Wang, M Manga - Water and Earthquakes, 2021 - Springer
Injecting fluids in the crust, or their extraction, changes pore pressure and poroelastic
stresses. Both pressure and stress changes can promote seismicity and, hence, the seismic …

High‐resolution imaging of hydraulic‐fracturing‐induced earthquake clusters in the Dawson‐Septimus area, Northeast British Columbia, Canada

MP Roth, A Verdecchia… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The number of earthquakes in the western Canada sedimentary basin (WCSB) has
increased drastically in the last decade related to unconventional energy production. The …

Earthquakes induced by wastewater disposal near Musreau Lake, Alberta, 2018–2020

T Li, YJ Gu, J Wang, R Wang… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Although hydraulic fracturing‐induced earthquakes have been widely reported in Alberta,
Canada, only one seismic cluster (the Cordel Field) has thus far been linked to wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variations of seismic azimuthal anisotropy following the 2019 ridgecrest earthquake sequence in southern california

Y Jia, SS Gao, KH Liu - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the spatial and temporal variations of seismic azimuthal anisotropy in the
vicinity of the conjugate fault network activated by the 4 July 2019 (UTC) M6. 4 foreshock …

Sequential fault reactivation and secondary triggering in the March 2019 Red Deer induced earthquake swarm

J Wang, T Li, YJ Gu, R Schultz… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Using data from nodal geophones and broadband seismometers, this study investigates the
seismicity near Red Deer, Alberta, a region with increasing cases of hydraulic fracturing (HF) …

Thermal shock effect on acoustic emission response during laboratory hydraulic fracturing in Laizhou granite

N Li, S Zhang, H Wang, S Wu, Y Zou, X Ma… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2021 - Springer
To investigate the thermal shock effect on microseismic response during hydraulic fracturing
in hot dry rock, laboratory hydraulic fracturing experiments combined with acoustic emission …

Numerical study of pore structure effects on acoustic logging data in the borehole environment

T Li, Z Wang, N Yu, R Wang, Y Wang - Fractals, 2020 - World Scientific
Existing methods of well-logging interpretation often contain errors in the exploration and
evaluation of carbonate reservoirs due to the complex pore structures. The differences in …

Experimental study of fracture structure effects on acoustic logging data using a synthetic borehole model

T Li, Z Wang, YJ Gu, R Wang, Y Wang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Existing methods of well-logging interpretation often contain errors due to the presence of
subsurface fracture networks within carbonate reservoirs. The differences of frequency …

Seismic anisotropy reveals stress changes around a fault as it is activated by hydraulic fracturing

N Igonin, JP Verdon, DW Eaton - … Society of America, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subsurface stress conditions evolve in response to earthquakes or fluid injection. Using
observations of an induced seismicity sequence from a dense local array, anisotropy …