Modeling the evolution of pore pressure from deep wastewater injection in the Midland Basin, Texas

J Ge, JP Nicot, KM Smye, AZ Calle… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Deep formations of the Midland Basin, from the top of the Pennsylvanian-age Wolfcamp D
interval (∼ 8000 ft [∼ 2400 m] in depth) to the Ordovician-age Ellenburger Group (> 10,000 …

Recent advances in characterizing the crustal stress field and future applications of stress data: Perspectives from North America

JE Lundstern - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The stress field controls patterns of crustal deformation, including which faults are likeliest to
cause earthquakes or transmit fluids. Since the 1950s, maps of maximum horizontal stress …

Lithofacies and porosity heterogeneity of Ordovician–Pennsylvanian successions of the Midland Basin: Implications for wastewater disposal reservoir potential

AZ Calle, KM Smye, EA Horne… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT From 1983 to 2022,> 9 billion bbl of wastewater were injected into Ordovician to
Pennsylvanian rocks of the Midland Basin and surrounding regions; between 2021 and …

Pore pressure thresholds associated with seismogenic fault slip in the Midland Basin, west Texas, United States

P Hennings, J Ge, EA Horne, KM Smye… - AAPG …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Injection of wastewater from unconventional oil development in the Midland Basin into strata
between productive shales and crystalline basement totals more than 6 billion bbl between …

Knowns, questions, and implications of induced seismicity in the Permian Basin

P Hennings, KM Smye - AAPG Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Unconventional hydrocarbon development in the Permian Basin has required disposal of
approximately 45 billion bbl of coproduced wastewater since 2009. This injection has …

A hydro-mechanical investigation of the first M 4+ seismicity sequence in the midland basin, texas

L Jin, WJ Curry, SA Hussenoeder - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The M 4.2 2020 December Stanton, TX seismicity sequence marks the first of
several M 4+ seismicity sequences in the Midland Basin. In this study, we investigate its …

Role of deep fluid injection in induced seismicity in the Delaware Basin, West Texas and southeast New Mexico

KM Smye, J Ge, A Calle, A Morris… - Geochemistry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rates of seismicity in the Delaware Basin of Texas and New Mexico increased from 10
earthquakes per year of local magnitude (ML) 3.0 and above in 2017 to more than 185 in …

The geology of injection-induced earthquakes in the Midland Basin region: Introduction

P Hennings - AAPG Bulletin, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The petroleum industry now handles an estimated 15 million bbl/day (2.4 million m3/day) of
wastewater coproduced from unconventional development in the Permian Basin region of …

Constraining faults and stratigraphic zones in shale and tight oil basins via 3D geocellular models

R Dommisse - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The validity of regional and basin-wide geomodels for unconventional and tight-oil plays
depends on the accuracy and precision of the available structural and stratigraphic …

Geological framework for deep hydraulic fracture-based mechanical and geothermally enhanced energy storage in Texas

F Oyewole, M Eros, MA Rivas - SEG International Exposition and …, 2024 - onepetro.org
Demand for energy storage is emerging as a key component of future global energy supply,
especially for power providers working to balance baseload with periodically intermittent or …