Meeting the challenges of large-scale carbon storage and hydrogen production

M Zoback, D Smit - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
There is a pressing need to rapidly, and massively, scale up negative carbon strategies such
as carbon capture and storage (CCS). At the same time, large-scale CCS can enable ramp …

Status and outlook of oil field chemistry-assisted analysis during the energy transition period

B Jia, C Xian, JS Tsau, X Zuo, W Jia - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Analytical chemistry is powerful in analyzing complex mixtures of crude oil and brine
subsurfaces on the basis of atomic and molecular levels. Geochemistry applies chemical …

Disposal From In Situ Bitumen Recovery Induced the ML 5.6 Peace River Earthquake

R Schultz, JU Woo, K Pepin… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquakes induced by human activities can impede the development of underground
resources. Significant induced events (M5) have caused both economic and human losses …

Distinguishing the causal factors of induced seismicity in the Delaware Basin: Hydraulic fracturing or wastewater disposal?

I Grigoratos, A Savvaidis… - … Society of America, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Identifying the causal factors behind elevated seismicity rates in areas with multiple ongoing
oil and gas activities has always been a challenging issue that is lacking a homogeneous …

Development of complex patterns of anthropogenic uplift and subsidence in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico, USA

P Hennings, S Staniewicz, K Smye, J Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Delaware Basin in west Texas and southeast New Mexico is now the largest
global oil producing basin, averaging∼ 400,000 m 3 (∼ 2,500,000 barrels) per day in 2022 …

Fault Reactivation in Response to Saltwater Disposal and Hydrocarbon Production for the Venus, TX, Mw 4.0 Earthquake Sequence

M Haddad, P Eichhubl - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The combined effects of oil and gas production and saltwater disposal in stacked reservoirs
can result in poroelastic-stress changes that affect fault stability and induced seismicity but …

Structural characteristics of shallow faults in the Delaware Basin

EA Horne, PH Hennings, KM Smye, S Staniewicz… - Interpretation, 2022 - library.seg.org
Abstract The Delaware Basin of Texas and New Mexico is experiencing elevated levels of
seismicity. There have been more than 130 earthquakes with local magnitudes of at least …

A comprehensive review of efficient capacity estimation for large-scale CO2 geological storage

J Leng, A Bump, SA Hosseini, TA Meckel… - Gas Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage and sequestration (GCS), a key method within carbon capture
and sequestration (CCS), is globally recognized as an effective strategy to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Frictional and poromechanical properties of the Delaware Mountain Group: Insights into induced seismicity in the Delaware basin

DC Bolton, R Affinito, K Smye, C Marone… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Delaware Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico has experienced a
proliferation in seismic activity since 2016. The seismic activity is primarily due to subsurface …

Removal of oil hydrocarbons from petroleum produced water by indigenous oil degrading microbial communities

V Ezennubia, J Vilcáez - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Plugging membrane filters with oil (mostly n-alkanes) constitutes one of the main barriers to
treating PW for its integration into industrial and agricultural uses. A previous study shows …