Solute reactive tracers for hydrogeological applications: a short review and future prospects

V Cao, M Schaffer, R Taherdangkoo, T Licha - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tracer testing is a mature technology used for characterizing aquatic flow systems. To gain
more insights from tracer tests a combination of conservative (non-reactive) tracers together …

[HTML][HTML] Geologic sources and well integrity impact methane emissions from orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells

NJ Gianoutsos, KB Haase, JE Birdwell - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The 160-year history of oil and gas drilling in the United States has left a legacy of
unplugged orphaned and abandoned wells, some of which are leaking methane and other …

An ensemble one dimensional convolutional neural network with Bayesian optimization for environmental sound classification

MG Ragab, SJ Abdulkadir, N Aziz, H Alhussian… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the growth of deep learning in various classification problems, many researchers have
used deep learning methods in environmental sound classification tasks. This paper …

Predicting methane solubility in water and seawater by machine learning algorithms: Application to methane transport modeling

R Taherdangkoo, Q Liu, Y Xing, H Yang, V Cao… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2021 - Elsevier
The upward migration of methane from natural gas wells associated with fracking operations
may lead to contamination of groundwater resources and surface leakage. Numerical …

Nonlinear autoregressive neural networks to predict hydraulic fracturing fluid leakage into shallow groundwater

R Taherdangkoo, A Tatomir, M Taherdangkoo, P Qiu… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells is an essential technology for the exploitation of
unconventional resources, but led to environmental concerns. Fracturing fluid upward …

Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and its ecological risk for city parks, vicinity of a landfill, and an industrial area within Guangzhou, South China

H Zhou, T Ouyang, Y Guo, S Peng, C He, Z Zhu - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
As a primary sink of pollutants, urban soil heavy metal pollution and its influence on urban
residents and ecosystems has been becoming one of the most important environmental …

Fracturing fluids and their application in the Republic of Croatia

N Gaurina-Međimurec, V Brkić, M Topolovec, P Mijić - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydraulic fracturing operations are performed to enhance well performance and to achieve
economic success from improved production rates and the ultimate reserve recovery. To …

A fuzzy bayesian network based method for CO2 leakage risk evaluation during geological sequestration process

M Bai, Z Zhang, E Yang, S Du - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 leakage risk is a critical threat to a safe and long-term storage of CO 2 in the
underground space. However, there is a lack of effective risk assessment methods for CO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of groundwater flow on methane gas migration and retention in unconsolidated aquifers

G Schout, N Hartog, SM Hassanizadeh… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Methane leaking at depth from hydrocarbon wells poses an environmental and safety
hazard. However, determining the occurrence and magnitude of gas migration at ground …

Modeling fate and transport of hydraulic fracturing fluid in the presence of abandoned wells

R Taherdangkoo, A Tatomir, T Anighoro… - Journal of contaminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing in shale/tight gas reservoirs creates fracture network systems that can
intersect pre-existing subsurface flow pathways, eg fractures, faults or abandoned wells …