DOE REAL-TIME SEISMIC MONITORING AT ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM SITES
Conference Proceedings: DOE REAL-TIME SEISMIC MONITORING AT ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM SITES
Abstract
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) at the direction of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies EGS Program is installing, operating, and/or interfacing seismic arrays at multiple Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) sites. The overall goal is to gather high resolution seismicity data before, during and after stimulation activities at the EGS projects. This will include both surface and borehole deployments (as necessary in available boreholes) to provide high quality seismic data for improved processing and interpretation methodologies. This will allow the development and testing of seismic methods for understanding the performance of the EGS systems, as well as aid in developing induced seismicity mitigation techniques that can be used for a variety of EGS systems in the future. Current sites include Desert Peak and Brady’s Hot Springs, Nevada, the NW Geysers project, as well as the entire Geysers area, Raft River, Idaho, Brady’s Hot Springs, Nevada, New York Canyon, Nevada and Newberry Caldera in Oregon. Additional sites will be instrumented as DOE adds projects. Reported are the current status and results from the initial injections and how the public can access the data.
- Authors
- Nathwani, J.; Majer, E.; Boyle, K.; Rock, D.; Peterson, J.; Jarpe and S.
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Citation
Nathwani, J.; Majer, E.; Boyle, K.; Rock, D.; Peterson, J.; Jarpe, S.. 1/1/2011. DOE REAL-TIME SEISMIC MONITORING AT ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM SITES. Proceedings of (!) ;
(!) : PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Sixth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 31 - February 2, 2011.
Related Geothermal Exploration Activities
Activities (6)
- Micro-Earthquake At Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Area (2011)
- Micro-Earthquake At Desert Peak Geothermal Area (2011)
- Micro-Earthquake At Geysers Geothermal Area (2011)
- Micro-Earthquake At New York Canyon Geothermal Area (2011)
- Micro-Earthquake At Newberry Caldera Geothermal Area (2011)
- Micro-Earthquake At Raft River Geothermal Area (2011)
Areas (6)
- Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Area
- Desert Peak Geothermal Area
- Geysers Geothermal Area
- New York Canyon Geothermal Area
- Newberry Caldera Geothermal Area
- Raft River Geothermal Area
Regions (0)