Modeling the evolution of pore pressure from deep wastewater injection in the Midland Basin, Texas

J Ge, JP Nicot, KM Smye, AZ Calle… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Deep formations of the Midland Basin, from the top of the Pennsylvanian-age Wolfcamp D
interval (∼ 8000 ft [∼ 2400 m] in depth) to the Ordovician-age Ellenburger Group (> 10,000 …

Challenges with managing unconventional water production and disposal in the Permian Basin

KM Smye, K Yut, RC Reedy, BR Scanlon… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Produced water (PW) associated with oil and gas production from unconventional reservoirs
in the Permian Basin has the potential to constrain future production if not managed …

Lithofacies and porosity heterogeneity of Ordovician–Pennsylvanian successions of the Midland Basin: Implications for wastewater disposal reservoir potential

AZ Calle, KM Smye, EA Horne… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT From 1983 to 2022,> 9 billion bbl of wastewater were injected into Ordovician to
Pennsylvanian rocks of the Midland Basin and surrounding regions; between 2021 and …

Pore pressure thresholds associated with seismogenic fault slip in the Midland Basin, west Texas, United States

P Hennings, J Ge, EA Horne, KM Smye… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Injection of wastewater from unconventional oil development in the Midland Basin into strata
between productive shales and crystalline basement totals more than 6 billion bbl between …

Knowns, questions, and implications of induced seismicity in the Permian Basin

P Hennings, KM Smye - AAPG Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Unconventional hydrocarbon development in the Permian Basin has required disposal of
approximately 45 billion bbl of coproduced wastewater since 2009. This injection has …

Pressure monitoring of disposal reservoirs in North‐Central Oklahoma: Implications for seismicity and geostorage

B Allen, K Murray, P Ogwari, F Suriamin… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Disposal of industrial wastewater and activities such as CO 2 CO_2 underground
sequestration depend upon pressure conditions within deep geologic reservoirs …

Geomechanical modeling of reservoir dynamics associated with shallow injection and production in the Delaware Basin

KJ Smart, KM Smye, AJ Cawood, DA Ferrill… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Permian Basin is an area of active hydrocarbon production and saltwater
disposal as well as associated induced seismicity and other geomechanical responses that …

The geology of injection-induced earthquakes in the Midland Basin region: Introduction

P Hennings - AAPG Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The petroleum industry now handles an estimated 15 million bbl/day (2.4 million m3/day) of
wastewater coproduced from unconventional development in the Permian Basin region of …

A Tale of Two Geologic Systems–Comparing the Impacts of Injection into the Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico

KM Smye, PH Hennings, AP Bump, CC Okezie… - 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Policy makers, investors and the public have expressed concern about the viability of
injection over many decades of very large volumes of CO2 into the deep subsurface. We test …