Geological Society of America

8:05 AM

CONTROL OF PROCESS FOR SUBSURFACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: EXAMPLES FROM GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGE

Thomas Dewers, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Ruijie Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Ed Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Alex Rinehart, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Steve Sobolik, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and John Stormont, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Mahmoud Taha, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Pania Newell, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Peter Eichhubl, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Ben Ganis, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Deandra White, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Jonathan Major, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Jason Heath, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Mohamad Jammoul, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Peter Kobos, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM

286486 (Technical Sessions)

8:20 AM

BIOMINERALIZATION: A STRATEGY TO MODIFY PERMEABILITY IN THE SUBSURFACE

Adrienne Phillips, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Lee Spangler, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Robin Gerlach, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Al Cunningham, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Eric Troyer, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Drew Norton, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Randy Hiebert, Montana Emergent Technologies, Butte, MT and Jim Kirksey, Loudon Technical Services LLC, Charleston, WV and Richard Esposito, Southern Company Research & Development, Birmingham, AL and Wayne Rowe, Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Denver, CO

282950 (Technical Sessions)

8:35 AM

RADIOGENIC NOBLE GASES TRACK NATURAL GAS MIGRATION ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN BLACK SHALES

Benjamin S. Grove, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Benjamin S. Grove, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Robert J. Poreda, Univ Rochester, Rochester, NY and Talor B. Walsh, Millersville University, Millersville, PA and Thomas H. Darrah, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

279431 (Technical Sessions)

8:50 AM

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FRACTURE GENERATION AND PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION DURING INJECTION-INDUCED PRECIPITATION IN CARBONATE-RICH SHALE

J. William Carey, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Luke Frash, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

287495 (Technical Sessions)

9:05 AM

MODELING OF CHEMICALLY-INDUCED FRACTURE PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON GEOTHERMAL ENERGY PRODUCTION

Yue Hao, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Randolph R. Settgast, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Andrew F.B. Tompson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Pengcheng Fu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Joseph P. Morris, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Frederick J. Ryerson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

287422 (Technical Sessions)

9:20 AM

ASSESSING LEAKAGE POTENTIAL OF FRACTURED CAPROCKS THROUGH DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK MODELING APPROACH

Rajesh J. Pawar, Computational Earth Sciences Group, Los Alamos, NM and Nataliia Makedonska, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

286756 (Technical Sessions)

9:50 AM

QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY IN FRACTURE PERMEABILITY ON CO2 LEAKAGE THROUGH CAP ROCKS DURING GEOLOGIC CO2 STORAGE IN CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS

Alec O. Gierzynski, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Ryan Pollyea, Virginia TechDepartment of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA

282936 (Technical Sessions)

10:05 AM

MERITS OF PRESSURE AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA AS INDICATORS OF CO2/BRINE LEAKAGE INTO A HETEROGENEOUS, SEDIMENTARY AQUIFER

Whitney Trainor-Guitton, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Yunwei Sun, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Kayyum Mansoor, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

278485 (Technical Sessions)

10:20 AM

THE KISMET (PERMEABILITY (K) AND INDUCED SEISMICITY MANAGEMENT FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES) PROJECT – AN UNDERGROUND FIELD LABORATORY FOR INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN NATURAL AND INDUCED FRACTURES, STRESS FIELD, AND ROCK FABRIC

Patrick Dobson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Seiji Nakagawa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Yuxin Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Yves Guglielmi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Craig Ulrich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Herb F. Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Bezalel C. Haimson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Hiroki Sone, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Peter Vigilante, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and William M. Roggenthen, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD and Thomas W. Doe, Golder Associates Inc, Redmond, WA and Curtis M. Oldenburg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Moo Y. Lee, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Earl D. Mattson, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID and Hai Huang, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID and Timothy J. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA and Joseph P. Morris, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Joshua A. White, Livermore, CA and Paul A. Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and David D. Coblentz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM and Jaret Heise, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, SD and Thomas M. Daley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Jens T. Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Paul J. Cook, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Jonny Rutqvist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Drew L. Siler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA and Timothy J. Kneafsey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

287681 (Technical Sessions)

10:35 AM

STRUCTURAL AND GEOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF A POTENTIAL GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE IN BASALTS, WESTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO

James A. Kessler, Utah State University, Logan, UT and Xiewei Chen, University of Alberta, Edmonton, UT and Kelly Keighley Bradbury, Utah State University Geology, Logan, UT and Jerome A. Varriale, Utah State University, Logan, UT and Mikaela Pulsipher, Columbia, MO and Douglas R. Schmitt, University of Alberta, Edmonton, UT and James P. Evans, Utah State University, Logan, UT and John Shervais, Utah State University, Logan, UT

284325 (Technical Sessions)

10:50 AM

DETERMINING THE FACTORS THAT CONTROL NATURAL FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

Talor B. Walsh, Millersville University, Millersville, PA and Lindsey P. Ditzler, Millersville University, Millersville, PA and Gautam Mitra, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

287678 (Technical Sessions)

11:05 AM

A LATE CRETACEOUS POLYGONAL FAULT SYSTEM IN CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA

Andy Stonge, PFS Interpretations Ltd., Calgary, AB

279818 (Technical Sessions)

T4 Fracture, Faulting, and Reactive Fluid Flow in Tight Rocks: Coupled Processes in Shale, CO2 Sequestration, and Geothermal Energy I

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