Microseismic event analysis for the in Salah (Algeria) carbon capture and storage project

A. L. Stork; J. P. Verdon; J. M. Kendall

Microseismic event analysis for the in Salah (Algeria) carbon capture and storage project

A. L. Stork^*
, J. P. Verdon
, J. M. Kendall

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The In Salah Joint Venture carbon capture and storage project at Krechba, Algeria began injecting CO2 in 2004. This study makes use of microseismic event data recorded by a single geophone. Information from shear waves enables fracture directions and densities to be inferred and we find fractures striking N145°E, in agreement with the regional direction of maximum horizontal stress. There is no evidence for any temporal change in shear-wave splitting parameters in the time frame studied. This implies that CO2 injection is reactivating pre-existing fractures. We are able to obtain only very approximate event locations which suggest that events occur at or below the reservoir level, with no change over time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers
Publisher	European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
Pages	3264-3268
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781629937915
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers - London, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Jun 2013 → 13 Jun 2013

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Conference	75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	10/06/13 → 13/06/13

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Stork, AL, Verdon, JP & Kendall, JM 2013, Microseismic event analysis for the in Salah (Algeria) carbon capture and storage project. in 75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE, pp. 3264-3268, 75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers, London, United Kingdom, 10/06/13.

Microseismic event analysis for the in Salah (Algeria) carbon capture and storage project. / Stork, A. L.; Verdon, J. P.; Kendall, J. M.
75th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2013 Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013: Changing Frontiers. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE, 2013. p. 3264-3268.

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