Seismic response of hectometer‐scale fracture systems to hydraulic stimulation in the Bedretto Underground Laboratory, Switzerland

A Obermann, M Rosskopf, V Durand… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a series of hydraulic stimulations at 1.1 km depth in the Bedretto underground
laboratory, Switzerland, as part of an overall research strategy attempting to understand …

Multiphysics monitoring of cementation operation: Implications for wellbore integrity and hydrogeological characterization

N Gholizadeh Doonechaly, A Reinicke… - Environmental Earth …, 2024 - Springer
The application of optical fibers for assessing cemented wellbore's integrity attracted
considerable attention recently, because of low cost, decent temporal/spatial resolution and …

[HTML][HTML] Constraining the stress field and its variability at the BedrettoLab: Elaborated hydraulic fracture trace analysis

K Bröker, X Ma, S Zhang, NG Doonechaly… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The measurement of the stress field and its natural heterogeneity is a common challenge in
the field of geophysics and underground engineering. This study presents findings from an …

[HTML][HTML] Hydromechanical characterization of a fractured crystalline rock volume during multi-stage hydraulic stimulations at the BedrettoLab

K Bröker, X Ma, NG Doonechaly, M Rosskopf… - Geothermics, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-stage hydraulic stimulation experiments were conducted at the Bedretto Geothermal
Testbed (Switzerland) at a depth of over 1 km to study seismo-hydromechanical processes …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive data set of in situ hydraulic stimulation experiments for geothermal purposes at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)

A Zang, P Niemz, S von Specht… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
In this article, a high-resolution acoustic emission sensor, accelerometer, and broadband
seismometer array data set is made available and described in detail from in situ …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the feasibility of energy extraction from the bedretto tunnel in switzerland

T Halter, N Gholizadeh Doonechaly, A Notzon… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This feasibility study investigates extracting thermal energy from the Bedretto tunnel in the
Swiss Alps, which benefits from subsurface heat flux and rock overburden insulation. Using …

Multiscale seismic monitoring in the bedretto underground laboratory for geosciences and geoenergies (bulgg)

M Mesimeri, L Scarabello… - Seismological …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies and Geosciences (BULGG)
is located in south‐central Switzerland in the middle of a 5.2‐km‐long tunnel, which …

DUGseis: A Python package for real-time and post-processing of picoseismicity

M Rosskopf, V Durand, L Villiger, J Doetsch… - Journal of Open Source …, 2024 - hal.science
DUGseis: A Python package for real-time and post-processing of picoseismicity Page 1 HAL Id:
hal-04920523 https://hal.science/hal-04920523v1 Submitted on 31 Jan 2025 HAL is a …

Performance evaluation of AE sensors installed like hydrophones in adaptive monitoring networks during a decametre-scale hydraulic stimulation experiment

CM Boese, G Kwiatek, K Plenkers, T Fischer… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2023 - Springer
In the framework of the STIMTEC and STIMTEC-X hydraulic stimulation experiments at the
Reiche Zeche mine, Freiberg (Germany), we installed acoustic emission (AE) sensors for the …

A Prospective Evaluation of Borehole Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technologies for Detecting and Locating Out‐of‐Network Microseismicity

F Lanza, KB Tuinstra, AP Rinaldi… - … Acoustic Sensing in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Downhole distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) has proven effective in monitoring
microseismicity produced during hydraulic stimulations. It is also a promising tool for …