A review of case histories of induced seismicity caused by hydrocarbon production and storage

Lucas Vadillo Fernández; Francisco Javier Fernández Naranjo; Virginia Rodríguez Gómez; Julio López Gutiérrez

doi:10.21701/bolgeomin.128.1.014

Autores/as

Lucas Vadillo Fernández Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Francisco Javier Fernández Naranjo Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Virginia Rodríguez Gómez Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Julio López Gutiérrez Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin.128.1.014

Palabras clave:

falla, hidrocarburo, magnitud local (ML), magnitud momento sísmico (Mw), yacimiento

Resumen

En este artículo se revisan los procesos de tensión que se producen en la corteza durante: la extracción de gas; en el almacenamiento de gas; en la inyección de fluidos (agua, CO₂) para estimular la extracción de hidrocarburos convencionales (EOR); en la extracción de hidrocarburos no convencionales con inyección de agua a presión y fracturación hidráulica (fracking); y en la eliminación, mediante inyección, del agua salina (produced water) procedente de la extracción de hidrocarburos convencionales, así como del agua salina de retorno (flowback) de la fracturación hidráulica de la explotación de hidrocarburos no convencionales, ambas con más de 40 000 mg/L de Sólidos Totales Disueltos (TDS). Asimismo se revisa la tipología de fallas más propensas a sufrir deslizamientos y la sismicidad relacionada con cada uno de los casos anteriormente descritos consecuencia del aumento de la presión de poro durante la inyección y la disminución de la presión de poro durante al extracción.

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