Hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

GM Atkinson, DW Eaton, H Ghofrani… - Seismological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The development of most unconventional oil and gas resources relies upon subsurface
injection of very large volumes of fluids, which can induce earthquakes by activating slip on …

Oklahoma experiences largest earthquake during ongoing regional wastewater injection hazard mitigation efforts

WL Yeck, GP Hayes, DE McNamara… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 3 September 2016, Mw 5.8 Pawnee earthquake was the largest recorded
earthquake in the state of Oklahoma. Seismic and geodetic observations of the Pawnee …

A historical review of induced earthquakes in Texas

C Frohlich, H DeShon, B Stump… - Seismological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In Texas, earthquakes have occurred in close association with activities accompanying
petroleum production since 1925. Here we develop a five‐question test to categorize …

Far‐field pressurization likely caused one of the largest injection induced earthquakes by reactivating a large preexisting basement fault structure

WL Yeck, M Weingarten, HM Benz… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mw 5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma, earthquake on 13 February 2016 and its
associated seismicity produced the largest moment release in the central and eastern …

The Effects of Varying Injection Rates in Osage County, Oklahoma, on the 2016  5.8 Pawnee Earthquake

AJ Barbour, JH Norbeck… - Seismological …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The 2016 M w 5.8 Pawnee earthquake occurred in a region with active
wastewater injection into a basal formation group. Prior to the earthquake, fluid injection …

The induced earthquake sequence related to the St. Gallen deep geothermal project (Switzerland): Fault reactivation and fluid interactions imaged by microseismicity

T Diehl, T Kraft, E Kissling… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In July 2013, a sequence of more than 340 earthquakes was induced by reservoir
stimulations and well‐control procedures following a gas kick at a deep geothermal drilling …

Injection‐induced seismicity and fault‐slip potential in the Fort Worth Basin, Texas

PH Hennings, JEL Snee… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The rate of seismicity in the hydrocarbon‐producing Fort Worth Basin of north‐central Texas,
which underlies the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area, increased markedly from 2008 …

The 2013–2016 induced earthquakes in Harper and Sumner Counties, southern Kansas

JL Rubinstein, WL Ellsworth… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We examine the first four years (2013–2016) of the ongoing seismicity in southern Kansas
using high‐precision locations derived from a local seismometer network. The earthquakes …

Activation rate of seismicity for hydraulic fracture wells in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

H Ghofrani, GM Atkinson - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The rate of M≥ 3 earthquakes associated with hydraulic fracturing (HF) in horizontal wells
(HF wells) in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin is estimated for the period from 2009 …

Low stress drops observed for aftershocks of the 2011 Mw 5.7 Prague, Oklahoma, earthquake

DF Sumy, CJ Neighbors, ES Cochran… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In November 2011, three Mw≥ 4.8 earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks
occurred along the structurally complex Wilzetta fault system near Prague, Oklahoma …