Numerical modeling of seismic and displacement-based monitoring for the EGS Collab project

Lianjie Huang; Yu Chen; Kai Gao; Pengcheng Fu; Joseph Morris; Jonathan Ajo-Franklin; Seiji Nakagawa; J. Ajo-Franklin; S. J. Bauer; T. Baumgartner; D. Blankenship; A. Bonneville; L. Boyd; S. T. Brown; J. A. Burghardt; S. A. Carroll; T. Chen; C. Condon; P. J. Cook; P. F. Dobson; T. Doe; C. A. Doughty; D. Elsworth; L. P. Frash; Z. Frone; P. Fu; A. Ghassemi; H. Gudmundsdottir; Y. Guglielmi; G. Guthrie; B. Haimson; J. Heise; C. G. Herrick; M. Horn; R. N. Horne; M. Hu; H. Huang; L. Huang; T. C. Johnson; B. Johnston; S. Karra; K. Kim; D. K. King; T. Kneafsey; H. Knox; D. Kumar; M. Lee; K. Li; M. Maceira; N. Makedonska; C. Marone; E. Mattson; M. W. McClure; J. McLennan; T. McLing; R. J. Mellors; E. Metcalfe; J. Miskimins; J. P. Morris; S. Nakagawa; G. Neupane; G. Newman; A. Nieto; C. M. Oldenburg; R. Pawar; P. Petrov; B. Pietzyk; R. Podgorney; Y. Polsky; S. Porse; B. Roggenthen; J. Rutqvist; H. Santos-Villalobos; P. Schwering; V. Sesetty; A. Singh; M. M. Smith; N. Snyder; H. Sone; E. L. Sonnenthal; N. Spycher; C. E. Strickland; J. Su; A. Suzuki; C. Ulrich; N. Uzunlar; C. A. Valladao; W. Vandermeer; D. Vardiman; V. R. Vermeul; J. L. Wagoner; H. F. Wang; J. Weers; J. White; M. D. White; P. Winterfeld; Y. S. Wu; Y. Wu; Y. Zhang; Y. Q. Zhang; J. Zhou; Q. Zhou; M. D. Zoback

Numerical modeling of seismic and displacement-based monitoring for the EGS Collab project

Lianjie Huang, Yu Chen, Kai Gao, Pengcheng Fu, Joseph Morris, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Seiji Nakagawa, J. Ajo-Franklin, S. J. Bauer, T. Baumgartner, D. Blankenship, A. Bonneville, L. Boyd, S. T. Brown, J. A. Burghardt, S. A. Carroll, T. Chen, C. Condon, P. J. Cook, P. F. DobsonT. Doe, C. A. Doughty, D. Elsworth, L. P. Frash, Z. Frone, P. Fu, A. Ghassemi, H. Gudmundsdottir, Y. Guglielmi, G. Guthrie, B. Haimson, J. Heise, C. G. Herrick, M. Horn, R. N. Horne, M. Hu, H. Huang, L. Huang, T. C. Johnson, B. Johnston, S. Karra, K. Kim, D. K. King, T. Kneafsey, H. Knox, D. Kumar, M. Lee, K. Li, M. Maceira, N. Makedonska, C. Marone, E. Mattson, M. W. McClure, J. McLennan, T. McLing, R. J. Mellors, E. Metcalfe, J. Miskimins, J. P. Morris, S. Nakagawa, G. Neupane, G. Newman, A. Nieto, C. M. Oldenburg, R. Pawar, P. Petrov, B. Pietzyk, R. Podgorney, Y. Polsky, S. Porse, B. Roggenthen, J. Rutqvist, H. Santos-Villalobos, P. Schwering, V. Sesetty, A. Singh, M. M. Smith, N. Snyder, H. Sone, E. L. Sonnenthal, N. Spycher, C. E. Strickland, J. Su, A. Suzuki, C. Ulrich, N. Uzunlar, C. A. Valladao, W. Vandermeer, D. Vardiman, V. R. Vermeul, J. L. Wagoner, H. F. Wang, J. Weers, J. White, M. D. White, P. Winterfeld, Y. S. Wu, Y. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Q. Zhang, J. Zhou, Q. Zhou, M. D. Zoback

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Abstract

Reliable monitoring of fractures created during water/fluid injection in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) is crucial for understanding the efficacy of the fracturing process. The EGS Collab project is a new research effort initiated by the US DOE Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) to study the rock mass response to simulation. We conduct numerical modeling of active and passive seismic monitoring and alternative displacement-type measurement for monitoring hydraulic fracturing growth at the EGS Collab experiment site. We perform elastic-wave sensitivity propagation to provide the best locations to place geophones to record most significant information reflected/transmitted/scattered from the fracture plane. Our numerical results show that the optimal locations to record significant seismic signals from the fracture plane are within an anisotropic spatial region. For cost-effective passive seismic monitoring, we study the relationships between standard deviation errors of micro-earthquake locations and geophone distributions within multiple monitoring wells. Our results show that only two geophones per well are required for reliable event location, and that the combination of parallel and perpendicular wells does not help with MEQ event location. We conduct finite-element modeling to study the feasibility of using alternative displacement-type measurement to monitor hydraulic fracturing growth at the EGS Collab experiment site. Our numerical modeling results can help determine the geophysical monitoring strategy during the EGS Collab experiments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geothermal Energy
Subtitle of host publication	Power To Do More - Geothermal Resources Council 2017 Annual Meeting, GRC 2017
Publisher	Geothermal Resources Council
Pages	893-909
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	0934412227
State	Published - 2017
Event	Geothermal Resources Council 41st Annual Meeting - Geothermal Energy: Power To Do More, GRC 2017 - Salt Lake City, United States Duration: Oct 1 2017 → Oct 4 2017

Publication series

Name	Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council
Volume	41
ISSN (Print)	0193-5933

Conference

Conference	Geothermal Resources Council 41st Annual Meeting - Geothermal Energy: Power To Do More, GRC 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Salt Lake City
Period	10/1/17 → 10/4/17

Funding

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) through contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), contract No. DEAC02-05CH11231 to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The computation was performed using super-computers of LANL's Institutional Computing Program as well as facilities of LLNL’s Livermore Computing Center. This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) through contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), contract No. DEAC02-05CH11231 to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and contract No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The computation was performed using super-computers of LANL's Institutional Computing Program as well as facilities of LLNL's Livermore Computing Center.

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	DE-AC52-07NA27344
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory	DEAC02-05CH11231
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Geothermal Technologies Office

Keywords

Active seismic
Anisotropic media
Elastic-wave sensitivity
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)
Finite-element modeling
Fracturing
Monitoring
Passive seismic
Strain
Tilt

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Huang, L., Chen, Y., Gao, K., Fu, P., Morris, J., Ajo-Franklin, J., Nakagawa, S., Ajo-Franklin, J., Bauer, S. J., Baumgartner, T., Blankenship, D., Bonneville, A., Boyd, L., Brown, S. T., Burghardt, J. A., Carroll, S. A., Chen, T., Condon, C., Cook, P. J., ... Zoback, M. D. (2017). Numerical modeling of seismic and displacement-based monitoring for the EGS Collab project. In Geothermal Energy: Power To Do More - Geothermal Resources Council 2017 Annual Meeting, GRC 2017 (pp. 893-909). (Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council; Vol. 41). Geothermal Resources Council.

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Numerical modeling of seismic and displacement-based monitoring for the EGS Collab project. / Huang, Lianjie; Chen, Yu; Gao, Kai et al.
Geothermal Energy: Power To Do More - Geothermal Resources Council 2017 Annual Meeting, GRC 2017. Geothermal Resources Council, 2017. p. 893-909 (Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council; Vol. 41).

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