NG12A:
Fracking/Hydraulic Fracturing: Scaling, Applications, Processes, Models, and Natural Examples---Statistical Geodynamics I


Session ID#: 10183

Session Description:
During hydraulic fracturing, a fluid is injected into rock with the goal of enhancing or generating fracture permeability.  This technique is used in oil and gas recovery, enhanced geothermal systems, CO2 sequestration, and deep injection disposal.  A similar process may be responsible for natural phenomena including magma-driven dikes, episodic tremor and slip, mud volcanoes, and jointing during oil and gas maturation. Hydraulic fracturing involves many interacting physical processes, including fluid flow, rock deformation, and an evolving fracture network of induced and reactivated fractures plus associated seismic activity.  Hydraulic fracturing is inherently an interdisciplinary area of investigation, and this session welcomes contributions from both scientific and engineering researchers investigating fluid-driven fractures through either field, theoretical, and laboratory studies which test new models behind the initiation, reactivation, and propagation of fluid-driven fractures. We also welcome presentations on the reliability of seismic inversion procedures.
Primary Convener:  Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners:  Arash Dahi Taleghani1, J. Quinn Norris2 and Mark R. Yoder2, (1)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States(2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Chairs:  Christopher Cramer Barton1, Kasey Schultz2, Juan M Lorenzo3 and Mark R. Yoder2, (1)Wright State University, Environmental Sciences and Chemistry, Dayton, United States(2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States(3)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

0935 Seismic methods [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
4440 Fractals and multifractals [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
7280 Volcano seismology [SEISMOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Statistical Analysis of Seismicity Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing in Western Canada (Invited) (61576)
Robert Shcherbakov1, Hadi Ghofrani2, Sidhanth Kothari2, Gail Marie Atkinson2, Burns Cheadle2, David W S Eaton3 and Kristy French Tiampo4, (1)University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada, (2)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States
Facies Analysis and b-Value for Operationally Induced Microseismicity (79261)
David W S Eaton1, Jörn Davidsen2 and Samira Maghsoudi2, (1)University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Hydraulic Fracturing of 403 Shallow Diatomite Wells in South Belridge Oil Field, Kern County, California, in 2014 (85755)
Dan B Wynne, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Vincent Agusiegbe, CA Department Of Concervation, Sacramento, CA, United States
Fully Coupled 3D Finite Element Model of Hydraulic Fracturing in a Permeable Rock Formation (64343)
Saeed Salimzadeh, Imperial College London, Earth Science and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, Adriana Paluszny, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom and Robert W. Zimmerman, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Measurement of Three Dimensional Strains Surrounding Hydraulic Fracture in Brittle Hydrogel (84476)
Will Steinhardt and Shmuel Rubinstein, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
Are Earthquakes Predictable? A Study on Magnitude Correlations in Earthquake Catalog and Experimental Data (63719)
Katerina Stavrianaki1, Gordon Ross2 and Peter R Sammonds1, (1)University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, United Kingdom, (2)University College London, London, United Kingdom
Spatial Verification of Earthquake Simulators Using Self-Consistent Metrics for Off-Fault Seismicity (70800)
John Max Wilson1, Mark R. Yoder1 and John B Rundle2, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, CA, United States
Phase Transitions in Geomorphology (85960)
Carlos Pompeyo Ortiz and Douglas J Jerolmack, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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