Challenges with managing unconventional water production and disposal in the Permian Basin

KM Smye, K Yut, RC Reedy, BR Scanlon… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Produced water (PW) associated with oil and gas production from unconventional reservoirs
in the Permian Basin has the potential to constrain future production if not managed …

Subtle land subsidence elevates future storm surge risks along the Gulf Coast of the United States

K Wang, J Chen, E Valseth, G Wells… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We developed a robust InSAR processing strategy that can effectively mitigate severe
decorrelation noise in a large volume of InSAR data. We mapped the average land …

[HTML][HTML] Frictional and poromechanical properties of the Delaware Mountain Group: Insights into induced seismicity in the Delaware basin

DC Bolton, R Affinito, K Smye, C Marone… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Delaware Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico has experienced a
proliferation in seismic activity since 2016. The seismic activity is primarily due to subsurface …

Hydraulic fracturing, fault system architecture, and the details of anthropogenic earthquakes in the post-Pennsylvanian Delaware Basin of West Texas

A Morris, K Smye, P Hennings - Lithosphere, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since about 2009, oil and gas production activities in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and
southeast New Mexico have caused a rapid increase in rates of seismicity. This seismicity …

A robust method for selecting a high‐quality interferogram subset in InSAR surface deformation analysis

MS Zebker, J Chen - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The accuracy of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar surface deformation
solutions depends on the quality of the chosen interferogram subset. We present a method …

Insights into Temporal Evolution of Induced Earthquakes in the Southern Delaware Basin Using Calibrated Relocations from the TXAR Catalog (2009–2016)

A Aziz Zanjani, HR DeShon… - The Seismic …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Texas Seismological Network (TexNet) has enabled real‐time monitoring of
induced earthquakes since 2017. Before 2017, location uncertainties and temporal gaps in …

Geophysical characterization of dissolution features and deformation in bedded salt formations in NE Delaware Basin

N Schuba, L Moscardelli, TP Dooley, FJ Peel… - Interpretation, 2025 - library.seg.org
Salt formations have resource potential for energy storage, nuclear waste repositories, brine
production; but their mineralogical heterogeneity and complex structures present significant …

Multilayer 3D seismic attribute analysis and fault framework modeling of shallow extensional fault systems in the Delaware Basin

C Petkovsek - Interpretation, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Shallow extensional fault systems within the southern Delaware Basin have gained the
interest of Permian operators since published works noted them in 2019. These shallow …

Links Between Fluid Injection/Production And Surface Deformation: A Scalable InSAR Processing Strategy Applied to Three Texas Basins

M Zebker, J Chen, S Staniewicz… - IGARSS 2024-2024 …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) techniques can measure surface
deformation associated with fluid injection and withdrawal associated with oil and gas …

A Tale of Two Geologic Systems–Comparing the Impacts of Injection into the Permian Basin to the Gulf of Mexico

KM Smye, PH Hennings, AP Bump, CC Okezie… - 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Policy makers, investors and the public have expressed concern about the viability of
injection over many decades of very large volumes of CO2 into the deep subsurface. We test …