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BCOG Papers

  1. Verdon, J.P. & Stork, A.L. (2016)
    Carbon capture and storage, geomechanics and induced seismic activity,
    Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, in press.
  2. Verdon, J.P. (2016)
    Using microseismic data recorded at the Weyburn CCS-EOR site to assess the likelihood of induced seismic activity,
    International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, in press.
  3. Verdon, J.P., Kendall, J-M., Horleston, A.C., & Stork, A.L. (2016)
    Subsurface fluid injection and induced seismicity in southeast Saskatchewan,
    International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, in press.
  4. Birnie, C., Chambers, K., Angus D., & Stork, A.L. (2016)
    Analysis and models of pre-injection surface seismic array noise recorded at the Aquistore carbon storage site,
    Geophysical Journal International 206, 1246-1260.
  5. Angus, D. A., Dutko, M., Kristiansen, T. G., Fisher, Q. J., Kendall, J-M., Baird, A. F., Verdon, J. P., Barkved, O. I., Yu, J. and Zhao, S. (2015)
    Integrated hydro-mechanical and seismic modelling of the Valhall reservoir: A case study of predicting subsidence, AVOA and microseismicity
    Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 2, 32-44, doi:10.1016/j.gete.2015.05.002.
  6. Baird, A. F., Kendall, J-M., Sparks, R. S. J. & Baptie, B. (2015)
    Transtensional deformation of Montserrat revealed by shear wave splitting,
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters 425, 179-186. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.006.
  7. Foord, G., Verdon, J.P. & Kendall, J-M. (2015)
    Seismic characterisation of fracture compliance in the field using P-wave and S-wave sources,
    Geophysical Journal International 203, 1726-1737. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv395.
  8. Palacios, P., Kendall, J.-M. & Mader, H. (2015)
    Site effect determination using seismic noise from Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador): implications for seismo-acoustic analysis,
    Geophysical Journal International 201, 1084-1100.
  9. Profit, M., Dutko, M., Yu, J., Cole, S., Angus, D. & Baird, A. (2015)
    Complementary hydro-mechanical coupled finite/discrete element and microseismic modelling to predict hydraulic fracture propagation in tight shale reservoirs,
    Computational Particle Mechanics. doi:10.1007/s40571-015-0081-4.
  10. Stork A.L., J.P. Verdon and J.-M. Kendall (2015)
    The microseismic response at the In Salah Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) site
    International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 32, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.11.014.
  11. Verdon, J.P., Stork, A.L., Bissell, R.C., Bond, C.E. & Werner, M.J. (2015)
    Simulation of seismic events induced by CO2 injection at In Salah, Algeria,
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters 426, 118-129. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.029.
  12. Whitmarsh, L., Nash, N., Upham, P., Lloyd, A., Verdon, J.P. & Kendall, J-M. (2015)
    UK public perceptions of shale gas hydraulic fracturing: The role of audience, message and contextual factors on risk perceptions and policy support,
    Applied Energy 160, 419-430. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.004.
  13. Angus D.A., A. Aljaafari, P. Usher, J.P. Verdon (2014)
    Seismic waveforms and velocity model heterogeneity: Towards a full-waveform microseismic location algorithm
    Journal of Applied Geophysics, 111, doi: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.10.013.
  14. Stork A.L., J.P. Verdon and J.-M. Kendall (2014)
    Assessing the Effect of Velocity Model Accuracy on Microseismic Interpretation at the In Salah Carbon Capture and Storage Site
    Energy Procedia, 63, doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.473.
  15. Verdon, J.P. (2014)
    Significance for secure CO2 storage of earthquakes induced by fluid injection
    Environmental Review Letters, 9, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064022.
  16. Stork A.L., J.P. Verdon and J.-M. Kendall (2014)
    The robustness of seismic moment and magnitudes estimated using spectral analysisi
    Geophysical Prospecting, 62, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12134.
  17. Jones G.A., J.-M. Kendall, I. Bastow, D.G. Raymer and A. Wuestefeld (2014)
    Characterization of fractures and faults: a multi-component passive microseismic study from the Ekofisk reservoir
    Geophysical Prospecting, 62, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12139.
  18. Jones G.A., J.-M. Kendall, I.D. Bastow and D.G. Raymer (2014)
    Locating microseismic events using borehole data
    Geophysical Prospecting, 62, 34-49, doi: 10.1111/1365-2478.12076.
  19. Verdon J.P., J-M. Kendall, A.L. Stork, R.A. Chadwick, D.J. White, R.C. Bissell (2013)
    A comparison of geomechanical deformation induced by 'megatonne' scale CO2 storage at Sleipner, Weyburn and In Salahi
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, E2762-E2771, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1302156110.
  20. Harland, S.R., J.-M. Kendall, G.W. Stuart, G.E. Lloyd, A.F. Baird, A.M. Smith, H.D. Prtichard and A.M. Brisbourne (2013)
    Deformation in Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: measuring shear-wave anisotropy from icequakesxx
    Annals of Glaciology, 54, doi:10.3189/2013AoG64A033.
  21. Baird, A.F., J-M. Kendall, J.P. Verdon, A. Wuestefeld, T.E. Noble, Y. Li, M. Dutko and Q.J. Fisher (2013)
    Monitoring increases in fracture connectivity during hydraulic stimulations from temporal variations in shear-wave splitting polarization
    Geophysical Journal International, 195, 1120-1131, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt274.
  22. Baird, A.F., J-M. Kendall and D.A. Angus (2013)
    Frequency dependent seismic anisotropy due to fractures: Fluid flow versus scattering
    Geophysics, 78, WA111-WA122.
  23. P.J. Usher, D.A. Angus, J.P. Verdon (2013)
    Influence of a velocity model and source frequency on microseismic waveforms: some implications for microseismic locations
    Geophysical Prospecting, 61, 334-345, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2012.01120.x.
  24. Verdon J.P. and A. Wuestefeld (2013)
    Measurement of the normal/tangential compliance ratio (ZN/ZT) during hydraulic fracture stimulation using shear wave splitting data
    Geophysical Prospecting, 61, 461-475, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2012.01132.x.
  25. D.A. Angus, and J.P. Verdon (2013)
    Using microseismicity to estimate formation permeability for geological storage of CO2
    ISRN Geophysics, 2013, ID160758, doi: 10.1155/2013/160758.
  26. J.P. Verdon (2012)
    Microseismic monitoring and geomechanical modelling of CO2 storage
    in subsurface reservoirs
    . Springer Thesis Series, 186pp. ISBN 978-3-642-25387-4
  27. J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall, D.J. White, (2012)
    Monitoring CO2 storage using passive seismic techniques.
    Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers - Energy, 165, 85-96.
  28. J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall, D.J. White, D.A. Angus (2011)
    Linking microseismic event observations with geomechanical models to minimise the risks of storing CO2 in geological formations
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 305, 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.048
  29. J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall (2011)
    Detection of multiple fracture sets using observations of shear-wave splitting in microseismic data
    Geophysical Prospecting doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00943.x
  30. D.J. White, M. Meadows, S. Cole, A. Ramirez, Y. Hao, S. Carle, A. Duxbury, C. Samson, J-M. Kendall, J.P. Verdon, B. Dietker, T. Urbancic, J. Johnson and I. Morozov (2011)
    Geophysical monitoring of the Weyburn CO2 flood: Results during 10 years of injection
    Energy Procedia, 4, 3628-3635. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.293
  31. J.M. Segura, Q.J. Fisher, A.J.L. Crook, M. Dutko, J. Yu, S. Skachkov, D.A. Angus, J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall (2011)
    Reservoir stress path characterization and its implications for fluid-flow production simulations
    Petroleum Geosciences, accepted.
  32. D.A. Angus, J-M. Kendall, Q.J. Fisher, J.M. Segura, S. Skachkov, A.J.L. Crook and M. Dutko (2010)
    Modelling microseismicity of a producing reservoir from coupled fluid-flow and geomechanical simulation
    Geophysical Prospecting, 58(5), 901-914. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00913.x
  33. J.P. Verdon, D.J. White, J-M. Kendall, D. Angus, Q. Fisher, T. Urbancic (2010)
    Passive seismic monitoring of carbon dioxide storage at Weyburn
    The Leading Edge, 29(2), 200-206. doi: 10.1190/1.3304825
  34. A. Wustefeld, O. Al Harrasi, J.P. Verdon, J. Wookey, J-M. Kendall (2010)
    A strategy for automated analysis of passive microseismic data to study seismic anisotropy and fracture characteristics
    Geophysical Prospecting, 58(5), 755-773. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00891.x
  35. J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall, S.C. Maxwell (2010)
    A comparison of passive seismic monitoring of fracture stimulation due to water versus CO2 injection
    Geophysics, 75(3), MA1-MA7. doi: 10.1190/1.3377789
  36. J.P. Verdon, J-M. Kendall, A. Wustefeld (2009)
    Imaging fractures and sedimentary fabrics using shear wave splitting measurements made on passive seismic data
    Geophysical Journal International, 179(2), 1245-1254. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04347.x
  37. D.A. Angus, J.P. Verdon, Q.J. Fisher, J-M. Kendall (2009)
    Exploring trends in microcrack properties of sedimentary rocks: An audit of dry core velocity-stress measurements
    Geophysics, 74(5), E193-E203. doi: 10.1190/1.3183940
  38. J.P. Verdon, D.A. Angus, J-M. Kendall, S.A. Hall (2008)
    The effects of microstructure and nonlinear stress on anisotropic seismic velocities
    Geophysics, 73(4), D41-D51. doi: 10.1190/1.2931680
  39. J.P. Verdon and A.W. Woods (2007)
    Gravity driven reacting flows in a confined porous aquifer
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 588, pp 29-41. doi: 10.1017/S0022112007007069