Mitigation of Geothermal Induced Seismicity Through Data Integration and 3D Geomodeling in a Cloud-Hosted Environment
Geothermal energy is a key resource for providing clean, reliable and sustainable energy. Induced seismicity events, with magnitudes large enough to be felt by local communities and impact surface infrastructures, are an undesirable potential result of geothermal operations, and significantly impact social acceptance. Mitigating adverse effects is of upmost importance if one wishes to increase the number of safe, sustainable geothermal projects.
Induced seismicity is closely related to local geology and fault structure; this article discusses ways to increase understanding of the subsurface through creation of an accurate 3D earth model. A cloud-hosted digital twin of the subsurface enables geothermal teams and partners to access the model anywhere, anytime, supporting communication around a shared understanding of the subsurface.
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