Characteristics of fluid-induced resonances observed during microseismic monitoring

Autor(en)
Jean-Baptiste Tary, Mirko van der Baan, Bruce Sutherland, David W. Eaton
Abstrakt

Three groups of resonances are observed during a two-stage hydraulic experiment recorded by 12 three-component geophones. The injected fluid is composed of a slurry of mostly water and proppant plus some supercritical nitrogen. Resonance characteristics are estimated using an autoregressive model. Three resonance models are investigated: fluid-filled cracks, nonlaminar fluid flow, and repetitive events in terms of anticipated resonance frequencies, quality factors, and amplitudes. The observed resonances are very stable and positively correlated with either the slurry flow or the nitrogen injection rate, which is in contradiction with the repetitive events and fluid-filled crack models, respectively. Resonances obtained by numerical simulations of an unstable jet agree with the main characteristics of most observed resonances. Our observations suggest that variations in resonance frequencies are mainly driven by variations in fluid flow, whereas quality factors are more sensitive to the fluid composition through variations in nitrogen injection rate. This study also suggests that resonance frequencies and quality factors can provide complementary information for real-time monitoring of fluid injection into reservoirs, for hydraulic stimulations, geothermal operations, carbon capture, and storage or fluid movement during volcano eruptions.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Alberta, University of Calgary
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
Band
119
Seiten
8207-8222
Anzahl der Seiten
16
ISSN
0148-0227
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011263
Publikationsdatum
11-2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105106 Geodynamik, 105122 Seismik, 105102 Allgemeine Geophysik
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/characteristics-of-fluidinduced-resonances-observed-during-microseismic-monitoring(d43a76e6-243e-4dbd-abbf-a489a853845d).html