Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, particularly hydrogen, has
emerged as a central strategy for decarbonization and the pursuit of net-zero carbon …

Geologic carbon storage, as well as other geo-energy applications, such as geothermal
energy, seasonal natural gas storage and subsurface energy storage imply fluid injection …

Geological storage is a valuable strategy for reducing CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere,
although seismicity induced by CO 2 injection can be a serious hazard that also becomes an …

Abstract The offshore Castor Underground Gas Storage (UGS) project had to be halted after
gas injection triggered three M4 earthquakes, each larger than any ever induced by UGS …

Effective storage and containment of injected fluids, over a range of spatial and temporal
scales, is reliant upon the sealing capacity of the lithologies overlying geological stores. Low …

Massive fluid injection into the subsurface can induce microearthquakes by reactivating
preexisting faults or fractures as seismic or aseismic slip. Such seismic or aseismic shear …

Subsurface fluid injections can disturb the effective stress regime by elevating pore pressure
and potentially reactivate faults and fractures. Laboratory studies indicate that fracture …

CO 2 geological storage in saline aquifers results in acidification of resident brine. Chemical
reactions between acidified brine and rock minerals lead to dissolution and precipitation of …

We investigated the frictional properties of simulated fault gouges derived from the main
lithologies present in the seismogenic Groningen gas field (NE Netherlands), employing in …