MR44A:
Advances in the Prediction, Characterization, and Design of Subsurface Infrastructure I
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Session ID#: 61442
Session Description:
A significant fraction of current global energy production relies on subsurface engineering operations, including energy production, energy storage, and disposal and/or storage of energy-related waste products. Prediction, characterization, and design of such operations is key to containment and control of subsurface fluids/materials.
This session invites presentations that focus on experimental, computational, or field studies related to subsurface infrastructure, including nuclear waste disposal, oil and gas production, geothermal energy production, and subsurface gas storage. Topics may include: monitoring and/or detection of subsurface leakage of fluids or fate and transport of waste materials; chemical and mechanical durability of seals and plugs; chemical, mechanical, or chemo-mechanical evolution of subsurface infrastructure, including nuclear waste repositories and wellbore systems; risk analysis and/or management of leakage scenarios; policy implications and/or environmental impacts; performance assessment or safety analysis of subsurface containment.
Primary Convener: Steven R. Sobolik, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners: Edward N Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, James W Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States and Dr. Nicolas J Huerta, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Earth Systems Predictability and Resiliency Group, Richland, WA, United States
Primary Liaison: Edward N Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Chairs: Kristopher L Kuhlman, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Andrew Duguid, Battelle Columbus, Columbus, OH, United States
OSPA Liaison: Edward N Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Eyal Shalev1, Vladimir Lyakhovsky1, Gal Oren2, Harel Levin2 and Stephen J Bauer3, (1)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, (2)Nuclear Research Center-Negev, Department of Physics, Be’er-Sheva, Israel, (3)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Stephen J Bauer1, Eyal Shalev2 and Vladimir Lyakhovsky2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
Melissa Marie Mills1, Kristopher L Kuhlman2 and Carlos Miguel Lopez2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
David Sassani, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
HOPE Asala, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Ipsita Gupta, Louisiana State University, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Jonny Rutqvist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States and Jens Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States
Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, Shaoping Chu, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Signe Wurstner White, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Nathan Welch1, James W Carey2 and Luke Frash2, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
