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rev_number: 17
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datestamp: 2019-10-09 06:37:39
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type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Astiz, Luciana
creators_name: Dieterich, James H.
creators_name: Frolich, Cliff
creators_name: Hager, Bradford H.
creators_name: Juanes, Ruben
creators_name: Shaw, John H.
corp_creators: University of California San Diego
corp_creators: University of California Riverside
corp_creators: University of Texas at Austin
corp_creators: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
corp_creators: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
corp_creators: Harvard University
title: On the potential for induced seismicity at the Cavone oilfield: analysis of geological and geophysical data, and geomechanical modeling.
subjects: MP2
subjects: MP4
subjects: RIt
subjects: SHC
divisions: IP8
full_text_status: none
monograph_type: technical_report
abstract: Production  of  substantial  volumes  of  oil  within  tectonically  active  areas  such  as  Southern 
California  and  Northern  Italy  has  been  ongoing  since  the  early  20th  century  with  no 
documented  instances  of  triggered  seismicity.    However,  the  recent  increase  in  seismic 
activity  in  more  stable  plate  interior  regions  such  as  the  central  United  States  where  new, 
largely  unconventional  oil  and  gas  resources  are  being  developed,  has  caused  concern  that 
human activity could trigger earthquakes.  Although almost all documented cases of triggered 
seismicity are associated with injection of large volumes of fluids, not net production, it is 
natural and prudent to ask the question of the extent to which production of oil might trigger 
earthquakes. 
 
In particular, the occurrence of a sequence of highly damaging earthquakes during May, 2012, 
near the Cavone oil field raised the question of whether these earthquakes might have been 
triggered, or, if not, if future activities might trigger other damaging events.  The purpose of 
this report is to attempt to answer these questions given our current state of knowledge and 
state-of-the-art techniques in seismology, structural geology, tectonic geodesy, reservoir flow 
simulation, and geomechanics.
date: 2014-07
date_type: published
publisher: .
official_url: http://labcavone.it/documenti/32/allegatrapporto-studiogiacimento.pdf
access_IS-EPOS: unlimited
owner: Publisher
citation:   Astiz, Luciana and Dieterich, James H. and Frolich, Cliff and Hager, Bradford H. and Juanes, Ruben and Shaw, John H.  (2014) On the potential for induced seismicity at the Cavone oilfield: analysis of geological and geophysical data, and geomechanical modeling.  Technical Report. ..