Combining microseismic and geomechanical observations to interpret storage integrity at the In Salah CCS site

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 447-461

  Goertz Allmann, Bettina P ^a   Kühn, Daniela ^a   Oye, Volker ^a   Bohloli, Bahman ^b   Aker, Eyvind ^c  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c AGR Petroleum Services AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body waves; Earthquake source observations; Fracture and flow; Geomechanics; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; INDIUM; WELL PRESSURE;

BODY WAVES; CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; FRACTURE AND FLOWS; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; GAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 84905918681     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu010     Document Type: Article

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