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Report on implementation of the
Induced Seismicity Node of the
EPOS infrastructure
B. Orlecka-Sikora(1), S. Lasocki(1), M. Sterzel(2,3)
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Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
ACC Cyfronet AGH
(3) NGI International Liaison, NGI_PL – PL-Grid
(2)
EGI Technical Forum, Madrid 2013
Agenda
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What is EPOS?
EPOS Infrastruture
Induced Seismicity (IS)
WG10 Infrastruture for Georesources
Induced Seismicity Node
European Plate Observing System –
EPOS
• The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) is a long-term
integrated research infrastructure plan to promote innovative
approaches for a better understanding of the physical processes
controlling earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, unrest episodes and
tsunamis as well as those driving tectonics and Earth surface
• EPOS aims at integrating the existing advanced European facilities
into one, distributed multidisciplinary Research Infrastructure (RI)
taking full advantage of new e-science opportunities
• The EPOS RI will allow geoscientists to study the causative
processes acting from 10-3 s to 106 years and from mm to 103 km
EPOS services
• The EPOS Integrated Core Services will
provide access to multidisciplinary data, data
products, synthetic data from simulations,
processing and visualization tools,.... Not just
data access but EPOS means to integrate,
analyze, compare, interpret and present data
and information about Solid Earth
• Thematic Core Services are infrastructures to
provide data services to specific communities
(they can be international organizations, such
as ORFEUS for seismology)
• National Research Infrastructures and
facilities provide services at national level
and send data to the European thematic data
infrastructures.
EPOS RI architecture
EPOS framework
WG1 Seismological Observatories & Research Infrastructures
WG2 Volcano Observations
WG3 Geological and Surface Dynamics data
WG4 Geodetic data
WG5 Other Geosciences data (OBS, Gravity data)
WG6 Analytical and Experimental Laboratories
WG7 ICT & e-RI Facilities
WG8 Satellite Information data
WG9 Geomagnetic Observatories
WG10 Infrastructures for Georesources
Mining Induced Seismicity (MIS):
 underground
mining (potash mine, Volkershausen, Germany, M5.6 1989;
gold mine Klerksdorp, RSA, M5.3, 2005; copper mines, coal mines in Poland, 1-2
M>4.0 every year)
 open cast mining (brown coal mine, Belchatow, Poland, M4.6, 1980)
Reservoir Induced Seismicity (RIS):
(Koyna, India M6.5, 1967; Kremasta, Greece M6.3, 1966;…)
Injection/Extraction Induced Seismicity (IEIS):
 conventional exploitation of oil and gas (Kettleman North, USA, M6.1;
Barsa-Gelmes-Wishka Oilfield, Turkmenistan M6.0;…)
 shale gas and other unconventional
oil and gas exploitation
(Blackpool, England, M2.3; Etsho and Kiwigana, Canada, M3.8; Ashtubla, USA, M3.6)
 geothermal energy production (Geysers, USA M4.6; Berlin, El Salvador M4.4; Basel, Switzerland, M3.4 )
 underground storage of liquids and gases, including CCS (Denver, USA, M4.8; Paradox Valley, USA,
M4.3)
Exotic e.g. catastrophies with seismic component (e.g. Kursk submarine case)
Cases in Debate (CiD):
The origin of some (stronger) earthquakes, whether natural or anthropogeneic, remains unresolved
(Gazli Uzbekistan sequence 1976-1984: M7.0, M7.0, M5.7, M7.0; Coalinga, USA, M6.7, 1983; Wenchuan, China,
M7.9, 2008, Lorca, Spain, M5.1, 2011 ….)
Significant socio-economic impact
IS events can cause material loss, injuries, sometimes fatalities. The hazard
posed by induced seismicity can be significant.
 The M5.3 earthquake induced by gold mining in Klerksdorp
region in RSA in 2005 killed two workers out of 3200
evacuated under difficult circumstances and caused serious
damage to several buildings of Stillfontein. (Durrheim 2010)
Significant socio-economic impact
IS events can cause material loss, injuries, sometimes fatalities. The hazard
posed be induced seismicity can be significant.
But hazard due to IS can be and is often overrated.
 The earthquake induced by a geothermal project in Basel, Switzerland (M3.4, 2006)
caused cancellation of this 50 million USD project as well as challenged the whole
geothermal energy conception.
 The M2.3 event resulting from Blackpool, England hydrofracturing in 2011 is being
used as one of the arguments against shale gas exploitation.
Significant socio-economic impact
IS events can cause material loss, injuries, sometimes fatalities. The hazard
posed be induced seismicity can be significant.
But hazard due to IS can be and is often overrated.
Vital technological activities can lose public confidence unless the
accompanying seismic risks are accurately assessed and properly
presented to public.
WG10. Infrastructure for Georesources
WG10. Infrastructure for Georesources
• To facilitate a step-change in the IS research perspective from
the present, technology-oriented approach, to one centred on
physical problem, without losing touch with technological
conditions of IS generation;
• To intensify scientific
international cooperation;
• To Improve research efficiency
by facilitating instantaneous
access to data, results,
interpretations and
methodologies;
• To strengthen cooperation
between industry and science.
Bi-directional industry – science cooperation
Mutualy beneficial, of great importance for social society
Benefits
 Solutions to
manage IS hazard
at an economically
appropriate level
and to increase the
economic viability
of the industrial
production
 Increased public
awareness of real
IS risks
 Reservoir
characterisation
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Benefits
 Diverse data sets
 Technical support
 Posed problems of
practical value
 Production knowledge
 Scientific expertise
 Methodologies and
ready-to-use
solutions to manage
seismic hazard
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 Perspective of
practicioners
 Experiments under
different tectonic
and technological
conditions
 Practical feedback.
Tests of applicability
of solutions in the
course of real-time
technological
activity
Induced Seismicity Node
Single Node covering all IS phenomena!
• Challenges to be solved:
– Data
• Scattered over several countries and many labs
• Usually cannot be transferred to a single site
• Online and offline data sources
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Private companies involvement
Many different data formats
Rich library of different metadata
Advanced data access policies
• Services
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Policies for data certification
Data discovery
Common tools and software
New and advanced algorithms for data analysis
IS node integration scheme
Grouping of IS phenomena – use case
Three main problem’s categories to be implemented:
• Parameterisation
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Localisation
Focussing mechanism
Spectral parameters
Kinematic analysis
• Identification usually done via statistical analysis
• Analysis of phenomena sources
– 3D analysis allowing correlate time and space localisation
of IS phenomena
– Tensions arrangements
– Tension transfer
Summary
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Single IS node for all IS phenomena
Standard & SPA for data
Bidirectional cooperation with industry
Advanced services important not only for
scientists and industry partners but also for
social society
Thank you for your attention