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Microseismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO 2 -EOR Field

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  • Yan Qin

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Jiaxuan Li

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Lianjie Huang

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Kai Gao

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • David Li

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Ting Chen

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA)

  • Tom Bratton

    (Tom Bratton LLC, Littleton, CO 80127, USA)

  • George El-kaseeh

    (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • William Ampomah

    (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Titus Ispirescu

    (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Martha Cather

    (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Robert Balch

    (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA)

  • Yingcai Zheng

    (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA)

  • Shuhang Tang

    (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA)

  • Kevin L. McCormack

    (Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA)

  • Brian McPherson

    (Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA)

Abstract

The Farnsworth Unit in northern Texas is a field site for studying geologic carbon storage during enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using CO 2 . Microseismic monitoring is essential for risk assessment by detecting fluid leakage and fractures. We analyzed borehole microseismic data acquired during CO 2 injection and migration, including data denoising, event detection, event location, magnitude estimation, moment tensor inversion, and stress field inversion. We detected and located two shallow clusters, which occurred during increasing injection pressure. The two shallow clusters were also featured by large b values and tensile cracking moment tensors that are obtained based on a newly developed moment tensor inversion method using single-borehole data. The inverted stress fields at the two clusters showed large deviations from the regional stress field. The results provide evidence for microseismic responses to CO 2 /fluid injection and migration.

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  • Yan Qin & Jiaxuan Li & Lianjie Huang & Kai Gao & David Li & Ting Chen & Tom Bratton & George El-kaseeh & William Ampomah & Titus Ispirescu & Martha Cather & Robert Balch & Yingcai Zheng & Shuhang Tang, 2023. "Microseismic Monitoring at the Farnsworth CO 2 -EOR Field," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-14, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:10:p:4177-:d:1150292
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    1. Jolante van Wijk & Noah Hobbs & Peter Rose & Michael Mella & Gary Axen & Evan Gragg, 2021. "Analysis of Geologic CO 2 Migration Pathways in Farnsworth Field, NW Anadarko Basin," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-24, November.
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    1. George El-kaseeh & Kevin L. McCormack, 2023. "Multi-Scale Seismic Measurements for Site Characterization and CO 2 Monitoring in an Enhanced Oil Recovery/Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Project, Farnsworth Field, Texas," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-19, October.

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