H13M:
Deep Boreholes and Wellbores: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mitigation II


Session ID#: 10601

Session Description:
Deep drilling in crystalline rock poses unique engineering and scientific challenges, expanding our understanding of conditions and processes relevant to deep borehole radioactive waste disposal and scientific continental drilling. We seek submissions related to the siting, drilling, geophysical characterization, in situ characterization/testing methods, and permanent closure of deep boreholes. Descriptions of prospective work and summaries or interpretation of existing data are welcomed. Topics may include hydrogeology of low-permeability rock, geomechanical considerations of deep boreholes, geochemistry of deep brines, collection methods for, and/or interpretation of noble gases and other environmental tracers, advanced borehole/crosshole/vertical-profile geophysical data collection or interpretation methods, and strategies and materials for sealing disposal boreholes.
Primary Convener:  Mary Kang, McGill University, Department of Civil Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Robert B Jackson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Jens T Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Chairs:  James W Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, Robert B Jackson, Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, Jens T Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kristopher L Kuhlman, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States

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

0915 Downhole methods [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
1020 Composition of the continental crust [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
5114 Permeability and porosity [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Site Characterization for a Deep Borehole Field Test (69370)
Kristopher L Kuhlman1, Ernest L. Hardin2, Geoff A. Freeze2, David Sassani2 and Patrick V. Brady2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Integrated Technology for Deep Boreholes: Modular Borehole Monitoring (Invited) (61004)
Thomas M Daley and Barry M Freifeld, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
A new approach to hydrologic testing during drilling of a deep borehole and its application to the Swedish scientific deep drilling COSC project (Invited) (75756)
Chin Fu Tsang1, Jan-Erik Rosberg2, Christopher Juhlin3, Auli P Niemi3, Christine Doughty1, Patrick F Dobson1 and Jens T Birkholzer1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (3)Uppsala University, Earth Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Boring and Sealing Rock with Directed Energy Millimeter-Waves (66336)
Paul Woskov, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA, United States, Herbert H. Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Ken Oglesby, Impact Technologies, LLC, Tulsa, OK, United States
Identifying and Managing Gas Leakage from Subsurface Sources (74264)
Sally M Benson, Stanford University, Energy Science and Engineering, Stanford, United States
Explaining Spatial Variability in Wellbore Impairment Risk for Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Wells, 2000-2014 (Invited) (71201)
Anthony R Ingraffea, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Renee Santoro, PSE Healthy Energy, Ithaca, NY, United States
Well integrity failure in the UK (Invited) (60230)
Fred Worrall, University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom
Geomechanical Modeling of CO2 Injection Site to Predict Wellbore Stresses and Strains for the Design of Wellbore Seal Repair Materials (63512)
Steven R. Sobolik1, Steven Paul Gomez1, Edward N Matteo1 and John Stormont2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States

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