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Induced seismicity potential in energy technologies / Committee on Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, Committee on Earth Resources, Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Induced seismicity--Congresses.
- Induced seismicity.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal energy development, have been found or suspected to cause seismic events, drawing heightened public attention. Although only a very small fraction of injection and extraction activities among the hundreds of thousands of energy development sites in the United States have induced seismicity at levels noticeable to the public, understanding the potential for inducing felt seismic events and for limiting their occurrence and impacts is desirable for state and federal agencies, industry, and the public at large. To better understand, limit, and respond to induced seismic events, work is needed to build robust prediction models, to assess potential hazards, and to help relevant agencies coordinate to address them. Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies identifies gaps in knowledge and research needed to advance the understanding of induced seismicity; identify gaps in induced seismic hazard assessment methodologies and the research to close those gaps; and assess options for steps toward best practices with regard to energy development and induced seismicity potential.
- Contents:
- Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Executive Summary; Summary; 1 Induced Seismicity and Energy Technologies; 2 Types and Causes of Induced Seismicity; 3 Energy Technologies: How They Work and Their Induced Seismicity Potential; 4 Governmental Roles and Responsibilities Related to Underground Injection and Induced Seismicity; 5 Paths Forward to Understanding and Managing Induced Seismicity in Energy Technology Development; 6 Steps Toward a "Best Practices" Protocol; 7 Addressing Induced Seismicity: Findings, Conclusions, Research, and Proposed Actions; Appendixes
- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies Appendix B: Meeting Agendas; Appendix C: Observations of Induced Seismicity; Appendix D: Letters between Senator Bingaman and Secretary Chu; Appendix E: Earthquake Size Estimates and Negative Earthquake Magnitudes; Appendix F: The Failure of the Baldwin Hills Reservoir Dam; Appendix G: Seismic Event Due to Fluid Injection or Withdrawal; Appendix H: Pore Pressure Induced by Fluid Injection; Appendix I: Hydraulic Fracture Microseismic Monitoring
- Appendix J: Hydraulic Fracturing in Eola Field, Garvin County, Oklahoma, and Potential Link to Induced Seismicity Appendix K: Paradox Valley Unit Saltwater Injection Project; Appendix L: Estimated Injected Fluid Volumes; Appendix M: Additional Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 5, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780309253703
- 0309253705
- 9780309253680
- 0309253683
- OCLC:
- 940510521
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