Compaction-Induced Permeability Loss’s Effect on Induced Seismicity During Reservoir Depletion

• Published in: Pure and applied geophysics Vol. 176; no. 10; pp. 4277 - 4296
• Main Authors: Fryer, Barnaby, Siddiqi, Gunter, Laloui, Lyesse
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2019; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Compaction; Depletion; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy; Horizontal orientation; Horizontal wells; Internal forces; Mechanics; Membrane permeability; Momentum; Momentum balance; Permeability; Physics; Pore pressure; Pressure; Pressure gradients; Reservoir management; Reservoirs; Seismicity; Solid mechanics; well orientation; compaction; 76Sxx; induced seismicity; Reservoir depletion; well orientation. Mathematics Subject Classification: 76Sxx; Reservoir depletion compaction induced seismicity well orientation. Mathematics Subject Classification: 76Sxx; Reservoir depletion Compaction Induced seismicity Well orientation; Well orientation

Producing fluid out of subsurface reservoirs causes stress changes that can lead to induced seismicity. In the fully coupled theory of poroelasticity, these stress changes are caused by the gradient of pore pressure which acts as an internal force in the momentum balance equation. This implies that,...