Controlled fluid injection to reduce potential seismic energy along fault lines

Controlling release of earthquake energy, in one aspect, may include a controller device injecting fluid into bore holes at dynamically regulated levels to cause controlled seismic events. The bore holes are placed along a fault line with a potential for hazardous earthquakes, and installed with sen...

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Main Authors Florence, Christopher R, Sherk, Walker L, Libow, Eric B, Wallace, Thomas S, Moore, Jordan T, Yang, Pu
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.08.2018
Subjects
CONTROLLING
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
EMBANKMENTS
EXCAVATIONS
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MEASURING
MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SOIL SHIFTING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
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Summary:Controlling release of earthquake energy, in one aspect, may include a controller device injecting fluid into bore holes at dynamically regulated levels to cause controlled seismic events. The bore holes are placed along a fault line with a potential for hazardous earthquakes, and installed with sensors and fluid flow controls communicating with the controller device. The seismic events caused by injecting the fluid are monitored via the sensors. Based on the monitoring, the injecting of the fluid to one or more of the bore holes may be regulated dynamically to control the sizes of the seismic events along the fault line.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715434515