Fault reactivation and fluid flow along a previously dormant normal fault in the northern North Sea

CO 2 outburst events in relation to seismicity: Constraints from microscale geochronology, geochemistry of late Quaternary vein carbonates, SW Turkey

“…Investigating the long-term physicochemical behaviour of subsurface CO 2 , together with factors that facilitate CO 2 accumulation and transport at crustal depths, are of great importance as CO 2 , when degassed in large amounts, can trigger seismicity or intensive hydrothermal eruptions (Zoback & Gorelick, 2012;Irwin & Barnes, 1980;Wiprut & Zoback, 2000;Uysal et al, 2009). In addition, enhancing our knowledge on subsurface CO 2 helps to assess the fate of geo-sequestered CO 2 , since natural CO 2 accumulations provide a unique opportunity to examine the crustal evolution of CO 2 and to investigate the geological factors controlling CO 2 -leakage (e.g., Pearce, 2006).…”

Geological controls on artificial fracture networks in continental shale and its fracability evaluation: A case study in the Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China

“…(1) Stress orientation In general, the most common methods of determining stress orientation from observations in boreholes are stress-induced wellbore breakouts and drilling-induced tensile fractures (Zoback et al, 1985;Moos and Zoback, 1990;Wiprut and Zoback, 2000). The long axis direction of wellbore breakouts has good coherence with the orientation of the minimum horizontal main stress, while the direction of drilling-induced tensile fractures has good coherence with the orientation of the maximum horizontal main stress (Castillo and Zoback, 1994).…”

Evolution and character of supra-salt faults in the Easternmost Hammerfest Basin, SW Barents Sea

“…Although reactivated faults are most likely leaky barriers to flow fluid flow (cf. Wiprut and Zoback, 2000). However, with the complex architecture of the faults, the large variation in displacement along strike, and the presence of good accommodation zones within the fault system, the study area hold promise for commercial hydrocarbon exploration.…”