About the Microseismic Industry Consortium
Founded in January 2010 the Microseismic Industry Consortium is a novel, applied-research geophysical initiative dedicated to the advancement of research, education and technological innovations in microseismic methods and their practical applications for resource development. Working with industry partners and government agencies, the Consortium is a team of faculty, students and researchers hosted by the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. Taking advantage of multidisciplinary links to researchers at both universities, the Microseismic Industry Consortium benefits from access to specialists in a variety of related disciplines. Our research vision encompasses data acquisition, processing and interpretation within a multidisciplinary research environment. As the project evolves, specific research goals and objectives have been developed in close consultation with industry sponsors. Key aspects of our research vision include the following:
- Creating improved algorithms for data processing.
- Developing case histories using existing and newly acquired microseismic data.
- Improving geomechanical characterization of fracture processes.
- Simulating fracture processes by numerical methods.
- Understanding the stress field and how it evolves.
- Investigating temporal changes in reservoir conditions, including seismic anisotropy.
- Induced seismicity.
News and Information
Please join us at the upcoming webinar hosted by the Bureau of Economic Geology at University of Texas, Austin for Dr. David Eaton's presentation entitled:
Seismicity Induced by the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources
October 23, 2020
9am Central Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://utexas.zoom.us/j/96260640858
Meeting ID: 962 6064 0858
Please join us at the SEG20 for our MIC-related research presentations from October 12-16, 2020.
We have 5 presentations and 1 post-convention workshop. Our first presentation is Monday, October 12 at 1:50pm.
Please note the times are Central Time. Hope to see you there!
We are pleased to announce that our integrated paper on "Determining elastic properties of organic-rich shales from core, wireline logs and 3-D seismic: A comparative study from the Duvernay play, Alberta, Canada" has just been published with 50 days free access at the Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Please access via the link here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875510020304911?via%3Dihub
Please join us at the GeoConvention for our MIC-related research presentations from today through Wednesday, Sept 21-23, 2020.
We have 13 presentations in total. Some are overlapping, but will be available on demand for a couple of days after the conference. Our first talk is today at 1:50pm. Hope to see you there!
Two papers published in the top journals with contributions from MIC members:
1. Nature Reviews of Earth and Environment: Atkinson, G.M., Eaton, D.W. & Igonin, N. Developments in understanding seismicity triggered by hydraulic fracturing. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2020). https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0049-7
2. Reviews of Geophysics: Schultz, R., Skoumal, R.J., Brudzinski, M.R., Eaton, D.W., Baptie, B. & Ellsworth, W., Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Seismicity (2020). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019RG000695