predictinG EaRthquakES induced by fluid injecTion

Cooling-induced reactivation of distant faults during long-term geothermal energy production in hot sedimentary aquifers

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Estanislao Pujades, Jonny, Rutqvist, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, Page(s) 2065, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06067-0

Sinking CO 2 in Supercritical Reservoirs

Author(s): Francesco Parisio, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 47/23, 2020, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090456

Earthquakes triggered by the subsurface undrained response to reservoir impoundment at Irapé, Brazil

Author(s): Haris Raza, George Sand França, Eveline Sayão, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Solid Earth, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 1407-1417, ISSN 1869-9529
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/se-15-1407-2024

Numerical modeling of hydraulic stimulation of fractured crystalline rock at the bedretto underground laboratory for geosciences and geoenergies

Author(s): Iman Vaezi, Andrés Alcolea, Peter Meier, Francesco Parisio, Jesus Carrera, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 176, 2024, Page(s) 105689, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105689

Analytical Solution to Assess the Induced Seismicity Potential of Faults in Pressurized and Depleted Reservoirs

Author(s): Haiqing Wu, Victor Vilarrasa, Silvia De Simone, Maarten Saaltink, Francesco Parisio
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126/1, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb020436

Hydromechanical modeling of the hydraulic stimulations in borehole PX2 (Pohang, South Korea)

Author(s): Andrés Alcolea, Peter Meier, Víctor Vilarrasa, Sebastià Olivella, Jesús Carrera
Published in: Geothermics, Issue 120, 2024, Page(s) 103009, ISSN 0375-6505
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103009

Hydro-mechanical response of Opalinus Clay in the CO2 long-term periodic injection experiment (CO2LPIE) at the Mont Terri rock laboratory

Author(s): Dario Sciandra; Iman Rahimzadeh Kivi; Víctor Vilarrasa; Roman Y. Makhnenko; Dorothee Rebscher
Published in: Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, Issue 8, 2022, Page(s) 166, ISSN 2363-8427
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s40948-022-00442-x

Multiple induced seismicity mechanisms at Castor underground gas storage illustrate the need for thorough monitoring

Author(s): Víctor Vilarrasa; Silvia De Simone; Jesus Carrera; Antonio Villaseñor
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 13, 2022, Page(s) 3447, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30903-6

How Equivalent Are Equivalent Porous Media?

Author(s): Ahmad Zareidarmiyan, Francesco Parisio, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Hossein Salarirad, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 48/9, 2021, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020gl089163

Unraveling the Causes of the Seismicity Induced by Underground Gas Storage at Castor, Spain

Author(s): Víctor Vilarrasa, Silvia De Simone, Jesus Carrera, Antonio Villaseñor
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 48/7, 2021, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2020gl092038

Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection on reservoir and seal rocks: a review on laboratory experiments

Author(s): Atefeh Vafaie, Jordi Cama, Josep Maria Soler, Iman R. Kivi, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Issue 178, 2023, Page(s) 113270, ISSN 1364-0321
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113270

Reservoir impoundment-triggered seismicity in Brazil: the case of M4.0 Nova Ponte earthquake

Author(s): Haris Raza, Iman Rahimzadeh Kivi, George Sand França, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48924-6

Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection into a permeable limestone

Author(s): A. Vafaie, J. Cama, J.M. Soler, D. Grgic, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: International Journal of Coal Geology, Issue 278, 2023, Page(s) 104359, ISSN 0166-5162
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104359

Comparison of numerical codes for coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical simulations of fractured media

Author(s): Zareidarmiyan, A., Salarirad, H., Vilarrasa, V., Kim, K.-I-, Lee, J., Min, K.-B.
Published in: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Issue 12, 2020, Page(s) 850-865, ISSN 1674-7755
Publisher: Chinese Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2019.12.016

Implicit hydromechanical representation of fractures using a continuum approach

Author(s): Iman Vaezi, Francesco Parisio, Keita Yoshioka, Andres Alcolea, Peter Meier, Jesús Carrera, Sebastià Olivella, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 183, 2024, Page(s) 105916, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105916

Multi‐Layered Systems for Permanent Geologic Storage of CO <sub>2</sub> at the Gigatonne Scale

Author(s): I. R. Kivi; R. Y. Makhnenko; C. M. Oldenburg; J. Rutqvist; V. Vilarrasa
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 49, 2022, Page(s) e2022GL100443, ISSN 1944-8007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
DOI: 10.1029/2022gl100443

Effectiveness of injection protocols for hydraulic stimulation in enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): Sri Kalyan Tangirala, Francesco Parisio, Iman Vaezi, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: Geothermics, Issue 120, 2024, Page(s) 103018, ISSN 0375-6505
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103018

Forecasting fluid-injection induced seismicity to choose the best injection strategy for safety and efficiency

Author(s): Auregan Boyet, Víctor Vilarrasa, Jonny Rutqvist, Silvia De Simone
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Issue 382, 2024, ISSN 1364-503X
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2023.0179

Two-phase flow mechanisms controlling CO2 intrusion into shaly ‎caprock

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Victor Vilarrasa, Roman Y. Makhnenko
Published in: Transport In Porous Media, Issue 141, 2022, Page(s) 771–798, ISSN 1573-1634
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-022-01748-w

Induced seismicity in geologic carbon storage

Author(s): Víctor Vilarrasa, Jesus Carrera, Sebastià Olivella, Jonny Rutqvist, Lyesse Laloui
Published in: Solid Earth, Issue 10/3, 2019, Page(s) 871-892, ISSN 1869-9529
Publisher: European Geosciences Union (EGU)
DOI: 10.5194/se-10-871-2019

Geomechanics and Fluid Flow in Geothermal Systems

Author(s): Víctor Vilarrasa, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Francesco Parisio
Published in: Geofluids, Issue 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISSN 1468-8115
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1155/2020/6085738

The risks of long-term re-injection in supercritical geothermal systems

Author(s): Francesco Parisio, Victor Vilarrasa, Wenqing Wang, Olaf Kolditz, Thomas Nagel
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 10/1, 2019, Page(s) 4391, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12146-0

Impacts of natural CO2 leakage on groundwater chemistry of aquifers from the Hamadan Province, Iran

Author(s): Behzad Delkhahi, Hamid Reza Nassery, Victor Vilarrasa, Farshad Alijani, Carlos Ayora
Published in: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Issue 96, 2020, Page(s) 103001, ISSN 1750-5836
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103001

Physics-Based Modeling to Understand and to Propose Forecasting Methods of Induced Seismicity

Author(s): Auregan Boyet, Silvia De Simone, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: Seismological Research Letters, Issue 94, 2023, Page(s) 2666-2678, ISSN 0895-0695
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
DOI: 10.1785/0220230109

On the role of poroelastic stressing and pore pressure diffusion in discrete fracture and fault system in triggering post-injection seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Victor Vilarrasa, Kwang-Il Kim, Hwajung Yoo, Ki-Bok Min
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 175, 2024, Page(s) 105673, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105673

Poroelastic stress relaxation, slip stress transfer and friction weakening controlled post-injection seismicity at the Basel Enhanced Geothermal System

Author(s): Auregan Boyet; Silvia De Simone; Shemin Ge; Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: "Communications Earth and Environment, 2023, 4 (1), pp.104. ⟨10.1038/s43247-023-00764-y⟩", Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) 104, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00764-y

Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi; Auregan Boyet; Haiqing Wu; Linus Walter; Sara Hanson-Hedgecock; Francesco Parisio; Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Earth System Science Data, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 3163–3182, ISSN 1866-3516
Publisher: Copernicus
DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-3163-2023

Bleed-off control on post-injection seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Victor Vilarrasa, Kwang-Il Kim, Hwajung Yoo, Ki-Bok Min
Published in: Underground Space, Issue 22, 2025, Page(s) 21-38, ISSN 2467-9674
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.undsp.2024.08.009

Analytical solution to quickly assess ground displacement for a pressurized or depleted deep reservoir intersected by a fault in a half space

Author(s): Haiqing Wu, Jonny Rutqvist, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Issue 174, 2024, Page(s) 105641, ISSN 1365-1609
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105641

Hubs and clusters approach to unlock the development of carbon capture and storage – Case study in Spain

Author(s): Xiaolong Sun, Juan Alcalde, Mahdi Bakhtbidar, Javier Elío, Víctor Vilarrasa, Jacobo Canal, Julio Ballesteros, Niklas Heinemann, Stuart Haszeldine, Andrew Cavanagh, David Vega-Maza, Fernando Rubiera, Roberto Martínez-Orio, Gareth Johnson, Ramon Carbonell, Ignacio Marzan, Anna Travé, Enrique Gomez-Rivas
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 300, 2021, Page(s) 117418, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117418

To Bleed‐Off or Not to Bleed‐Off?

Author(s): Auregan Boyet, Silvia De Simone, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 51, 2025, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023gl107926

Forecasting induced seismicity under different injection and stopping protocols at the Basel Enhanced Geothermal System, Switzerland

Author(s): Auregan Boyet, Silvia De Simone, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: 4th International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2024, 2024
Publisher: International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

Assessment of the induced seismicity potential in pressurized and depleted reservoirs: the role of fault permeability

Author(s): H. Wu, V. Vilarrasa, S. De Simone, M. Saaltink, F. Parisio
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Coupled Hydromechanical Modeling of the hydraulic stimulation in an Enhanced Geothermal System to determine triggering mechanisms of post-injection induced seismicity

Author(s): A. Boyet, S. De Simone, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, 2022
Publisher: ISRM

Coupled hydromechanical modeling of the induced seismicity at the Enhanced Geothermal System of Basel (Switzerland)

Author(s): Auregan Boyet, Silvia De Simone, Shemin Ge, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Workshop CODE_BRIGHT Users, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 45-48
Publisher: Technical University of Catalonia

CO2 sealing capacity of sandy and shaly facies of Opalinus Clay

Author(s): Hyunbin Kim, Víctor Vilarrasa, Roman Y. Makhnenko
Published in: 1st Caprock Integrity & Gas Storage Symposium (CIGSS, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 52-55
Publisher: Swisstopo

Coupled processes to explain induced seismicity: the case of the Underground Gas Storage of Castor, Spain

Author(s): Vilarrasa, Víctor; De Simone, Silvia; Carrera, Jesús; Villaseñor, Antonio
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Modeling of the CO2 long-term periodic injection experiment (CO2LPIE) into stratified hard clay rock at Mont Terri

Author(s): D. Sciandra, V. Vilarrasa, I.R. Kivi, R.Y. Makhnenko, C. Nussbaum, D. Rebscher
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Modeling coupled processes in fractured media using a continuum approach

Author(s): I. Vaezi, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Long-term effects of fluid injection and production on the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of a fractured reservoir

Author(s): V. Vilarrasa, A. Zareidarmiyan, R.Y. Makhnenko, F. Parisio
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Verification of an analytical solution for poroelastic stress changes due to reservoir pressurization/depletion

Author(s): H. Wu, V. Vilarrasa, S. De Simone, M. Saaltink, F. Parisio
Published in: 12th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, Issue 12, 2021, Page(s) 27-32
Publisher: Technical University of Catalonia (UPC-BarcelonaTech)

Field-scale hydro-mechanical simulation of a novel monitoring system for the CO2 Long-Term Periodic Injection Experiment (CO2LPIE) at the Mont Terri rock laboratory

Author(s): Sri kalyan Tangirala, Martin Ziegler, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: 1st Caprock Integrity & Gas Storage Symposium (CIGSS), Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 117-120
Publisher: Swisstopo

A three-dimensional hydro-mechanical modeling of shaly caprock for CO2 long-term periodic injection experiment (CO2LPIE)

Author(s): Dario Sciandra, Iman R. Kivi, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Christopher Nussbaum, Dorothee Rebscher, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Issue Annual, 2022, Page(s) ARMA-2022-0704, ISBN 978-0-9794975-7-5
Publisher: OnePetro
DOI: 10.56952/arma-2022-0704

Minimizing CO2 leakage risk by storage in multi-layered geological settings

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Roman Y. Makhnenko, Curtis Oldenburg, Jonny Rutqvist, Víctor Vilarrasa
Published in: 12th Trondheim CCS Conference, Issue 12, 2023
Publisher: NTNU

Hydromechanical processes of supercritical CO2 intrusion into shaly caprocks

Author(s): Rahimzadeh Kivi, I.; Vilarrasa, Víctor; Makhnenko, R.Y.
Published in: 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Issue 55, 2021
Publisher: American Rock Mechanics Association

Understanding the seismic risks of thermal stressing and local pore pressure changes in ‎hot sedimentary aquifers

Author(s): I.R. Kivi, E. Pujades, J. Rutqvist, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

Modeling a long-term CO2 injection experiment at the underground rock laboratory of Mont Terri

Author(s): Vilarrasa, V., Rebscher, D., Makhnenko, R., Nussbaum, C.
Published in: 11th Workshop of CODE_BRIGHT Users, Issue 11, Annual, 2019
Publisher: Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

Geomechanical Analysis of the Hydraulic Stimulations in Borehole PX2 at Pohang EGS Site, South Korea

Author(s): Alcolea A., Meier P., Vilarrasa V., Olivella S., Carrera J.
Published in: World Geothermal Congress 2020, Issue Every 5 years, 2020
Publisher: International Geothermal Association

EFFECT OF CAPROCK RELATIVE PERMEABILITY ON CO2 FLOW THROUGH IT

Author(s): Rahimzadeh Kivi, I.; Vilarrasa, Víctor; Makhnenko, R.
Published in: 11th Trondheim Carbon Capture and Storage Conference, Issue 11, 2021
Publisher: NTNU

Implicit representation of a single fracture with a continuum equivalent layer to simulate coupled processes

Author(s): I. Vaezi, V. Vilarrasa, F. Parisio, K. Yoshioka
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: ISRM

Laboratory and numerical assessment of potential CO2 leakage through the caprock

Author(s): I.R. Kivi, V. Vilarrasa, R.Y. Makhnenko
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Geothermal reservoir induced seismic risk assessment through integration of multi-disciplinary datasets and probabilistic classification

Author(s): S. Hanson-Hedgecock, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: ISRM

Numerical simulation of the anisotropic coupled hydro-mechanical response of Opalinus Clay to the CO2 long-term periodic injection experiment (CO2LPIE)

Author(s): D. Sciandra, I.R. Kivi, R.Y. Makhnenko, D. Rebscher, V. Vilarrasa
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

CO2LPIE Project – Combining in-situ, laboratory, and modelling work to investigate periodic CO2 injection into an argillaceous claystone

Author(s): D. Rebscher, V. Vilarrasa, R.Y. Makhnenko, C. Nussbaum, C. Kipfer, P. Wersin
Published in: International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac 2020, Issue 2, 2020
Publisher: ISRM

Proceedings of the GEoREST Workshop on Induced Seismicity

Author(s): Victor Vilarrasa, and GEoREST team
Published in: GEoREST Workshop on Induced Seismicity, Issue 1, 2024
Publisher: Digital.CSIC
DOI: 10.20350/digitalcsic/16524

The presence of distant faults may extend the spatiotemporal seismic footprint of ‎reservoir stimulation in enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): I.R. Kivi, V. Vilarrasa, K.-I. Kim, H. Yoo, K.-B. Min
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, CouFrac2022, Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

Special Issue “Observations of Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media at Various Space and Time”

Author(s): Ki-Bok Min, Jonny Rutqvist, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Issue 53/10, 2020, Page(s) 4309-4311, ISSN 0723-2632
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-020-02263-4

Hydraulic stimulation of tight geothermal reservoirs

Author(s): Sri Kalyan Tangirala, Victor Vilarrasa, Francesco Parisio
Published in: Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), 2023, Page(s) 151-164
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003271475-7

Multiscale subsurface characterization for geo-energy applications

Author(s): null null, Dario Sciandra
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
DOI: 10.5821/dissertation-2117-406730

Process understanding of induced seismicity during stimulation of enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): null null, Iman Vaezi Anzeha
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
DOI: 10.5821/dissertation-2117-405950

Understanding and mitigating the post-injection seismicity induced by fluid injection in enhanced geothermal systems

Author(s): null null, Auregan Boyet
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
DOI: 10.5821/dissertation-2117-405949

[Dataset] Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity

Author(s): Iman R. Kivi, Auregan Boyet, Haiqing Wu, Linus Walter, Sara Hanson-Hedgecock, Francesco Parisio, Victor Vilarrasa
Published in: Digital.CSIC, 2023
Publisher: Digital.CSIC
DOI: 10.20350/digitalcsic/14813

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