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A Comparison of Passive Seismic Monitoring of Fracture Stimulation Due to Water Versus CO2 Injection
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 71st EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2009, Jun 2009, cp-127-00075
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-67-2
Abstract
The principal observation from passive seismic monitoring at the Weyburn CCS/EOR project has been a very low rate of microseismicity. This has lead to the suggestion that, as CO2 has a higher compressibility, when injected it will have a lower seismic eff