The seismicity rate in the Fort-Worth Basin, north-central Texas, increased significantly from
2008. Previous studies attributed the seismic events to pore pressure increase caused by
wastewater injection into the Ellenburger Formation. However, hydrocarbon production from
the overlying Barnett Shale was not included in those previous studies. This study
introduces a basin wide 10 year modeling and analysis of pore pressure change, fault slip
potential and regional seismic events in the Fort-Worth Basin considering all production and …