Open AccessFluid Injection Wells Can Have a Wide Seismic Reach
Author(s) -
Shelby L. Peterie,
Richard T. Miller,
Rex Buchanan,
Brandy DeArmond
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo096199
Subject(s) - fluid pressure , injection well , petroleum engineering , geology , water injection (oil production) , seismology , volume (thermodynamics) , pore water pressure , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics
High-volume fluid injection can cumulatively increase underground pore pressure and induce earthquakes in regions unexpectedly far from injection wells, recent Kansas studies show.