Application of Double-Difference Seismic Tomography to Carbon Sequestration Monitoring at the Aneth Oil Field, Utah

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dc.contributor.authorSlaker, Brenten
dc.contributor.authorWestman, Erik C.en
dc.contributor.authorLuxbacher, Kramer Davisen
dc.contributor.authorRipepi, Ninoen
dc.contributor.departmentMining and Minerals Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2014-01-06en
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-15T14:16:37Zen
dc.date.available2014-01-15T14:16:37Zen
dc.date.issued2013-10-23en
dc.description.abstractDouble difference seismic tomography was performed using travel time data from a carbon sequestration site at the Aneth oil field in southeast Utah as part of a Department of Energy initiative on monitoring, verification, and accounting (MVA) of sequestered CO2. A total of 1211 seismic events were recorded from a borehole array consisting of 23 geophones. Artificial velocity models were created to determine the likelihood of detecting a CO2 plume with an unfavorable event and receiver arrangement. In tests involving artificially modeled ray paths through a velocity model, ideal event and receiver arrangements clearly show velocity reductions. When incorporating the unfavorable event and station locations from the Aneth Unit into synthetic models, the ability to detect velocity reductions is greatly diminished. Using the actual, recorded travel times, the Aneth Unit results show differences between a synthetic baseline model and the travel times obtained in the field, but the differences do not clearly indicate a region of injected CO2. MVA accuracy and precision may be improved through the use of a receiver array that provides more comprehensive ray path coverage, and a more detailed baseline velocity model.en
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dc.identifier.citationSlaker, Brent; Westman, Erik; Luxbacher, Kray; Ripepi, Nino. 2013. "Application of Double-Difference Seismic Tomography to Carbon Sequestration Monitoring at the Aneth Oil Field, Utah." Minerals 2013, 3(4), 352-366; doi:10.3390/min3040352en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/min3040352en
dc.identifier.issn2075-163Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24855en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/3/4/352en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectTomographyen
dc.subjectDouble-differenceen
dc.subjectMVAen
dc.titleApplication of Double-Difference Seismic Tomography to Carbon Sequestration Monitoring at the Aneth Oil Field, Utahen
dc.title.serialMineralsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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