NS21A:
Induced Seismicity in the USA and Canada: Novel Geophysical Methods and Mitigation

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Session ID#: 26932

Session Description:
Induced seismicity associated with hydrocarbon resource development has become of widespread concern in North America over the last several years. Industry, academia, and governmental organizations strive to understand and mitigate induced earthquakes. This session is in collaboration with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and features the 2017 SEG Honorary Lecture “How widespread is human-induced seismicity in the USA and Canada?”. We seek abstracts on novel geophysical methods, datasets, and models that advance in-depth understanding of the occurrence and potential management of induced earthquakes in regions of active hydrocarbon exploitation. This session aims to promote interaction and collaboration between public agencies and institutions, and the private sector in an effort to share the latest advances and bridge existing gaps.
Primary Convener:  Georgios P Tsoflias, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, United States
Convener:  Tandis S. Bidgoli, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
Chairs:  Tandis S. Bidgoli, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States and Georgios P Tsoflias, The University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Georgios P Tsoflias, The University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States
Co-Organized with:
Near Surface Geophysics, and Seismology
Index Terms:

0999 General or miscellaneous [EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS]
7230 Seismicity and tectonics [SEISMOLOGY]
7299 General or miscellaneous [SEISMOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

How widespread is human-induced seismicity in the USA and Canada? (Invited) (240457)
Mirko Van der Baan, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Recent Seismicity in Texas and Research Design and Progress of the TexNet-CISR Collaboration (Invited) (258704)
Molly Zebker1, Alexandros Savvaidis2, Ellen Rathje3, Jon E Olson4, Heather DeShon5, Akhil Datta-Gupta6, Peter Eichhubl7, Jean-Philippe Nicot8 and Lee Ann Kahlor1, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environment Engineering, Austin, United States, (4)Univ Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (5)Southern Methodist University, Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States, (6)Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, (7)HotRock, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, (8)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Hydraulic Fracture Induced Seismicity During A Multi-Stage Pad Completion in Western Canada: Evidence of Activation of Multiple, Parallel Faults (235330)
Shawn Maxwell1, Devin Garrett1, Junwei Huang1, Phil Usher2 and Paige Mamer1, (1)IMaGE, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)IMaGE, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Physics-based forecasting of earthquake hazards associated with induced seismicity in north-central Oklahoma and southern Kansas (287999)
Cornelius Langenbruch, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, United States, Matthew Weingarten, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Mark D Zoback, Stanford Univ, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States

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