The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited
©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Earthquakes caused by human activities are a growing societal concern. A pioneering study of induced seismicity in the 1970s involved cooperation between the U.S. Geological Survey and Chevron, Inc., to adjust operations in the Rangely oil fiel...
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| author | Byrne, H Silva, JA Plesch, A Juanes, R Shaw, JH |
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| description | ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Earthquakes caused by human activities are a growing societal concern. A pioneering study of induced seismicity in the 1970s involved cooperation between the U.S. Geological Survey and Chevron, Inc., to adjust operations in the Rangely oil field, Colorado, to initiate and control earthquakes. Here we revisit this experiment using coupled flow and geomechanical modeling to determine the physical mechanisms that caused these earthquakes and investigate the strength and state of stress acting on the fault that sourced them. The controlled nature of the Rangely experiment, combined with data from decades of field operations, presents a unique opportunity to understand the phenomenon of induced seismicity in ways that can be applied to manage these risks. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1329992024-06-05T23:43:36Z The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited Byrne, H Silva, JA Plesch, A Juanes, R Shaw, JH Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Earthquakes caused by human activities are a growing societal concern. A pioneering study of induced seismicity in the 1970s involved cooperation between the U.S. Geological Survey and Chevron, Inc., to adjust operations in the Rangely oil field, Colorado, to initiate and control earthquakes. Here we revisit this experiment using coupled flow and geomechanical modeling to determine the physical mechanisms that caused these earthquakes and investigate the strength and state of stress acting on the fault that sourced them. The controlled nature of the Rangely experiment, combined with data from decades of field operations, presents a unique opportunity to understand the phenomenon of induced seismicity in ways that can be applied to manage these risks. 2021-10-15T18:14:02Z 2021-10-15T18:14:02Z 2020-05 2020-04 2021-10-15T16:45:47Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0094-8276 1944-8007 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132999 Byrne, H, Silva, JA, Plesch, A, Juanes, R and Shaw, JH. 2020. "The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited." Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (11). en 10.1029/2020GL088257 Geophysical Research Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Geophysical Union (AGU) MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Byrne, H Silva, JA Plesch, A Juanes, R Shaw, JH The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title | The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title_full | The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title_fullStr | The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title_short | The Groundbreaking Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado, Revisited |
| title_sort | groundbreaking experiment in earthquake control at rangely colorado revisited |
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