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Laura Pyrak-Nolte - Illuminating Fractures: Geophysics and Machine Learning

AAPG Distinguished Lecture Series, 2021-22 Season

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A Distinguished Lecture talk given by Laura Pyrak-Nolte during 2021-22 AAPG DL Season. Click here for abstract.

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An historic book is being reopened, and the next chapter in AAPG’s ongoing efforts to recognize, offer and promote geoscience excellence around the world is about to be written. Six diverse and internationally acclaimed geoscientists have been announced for the 2021-22 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecture season – speaking on a spectacular range of subjects that vary from understanding integrated hydrocarbon systems to utilizing machine learning to recognizing the importance of choices in today’s energy transition."

Added on 01 September, 2021

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Distinguished Lecturer

Laura Pyrak-Nolte

Purdue University

Abstracts

61251 Illuminating Fractures: Geophysics and Machine Learning The modern energy economy often relies on the injection and withdrawal of fluids through fracture networks in rock. Whether for geothermal systems or the sequestration of anthropogenic waste (e.g. CO2), knowledge of the fracture system geometry and how it responds to perturbations in stress and fluid chemistry is crucial for safe and sustainable long-term management of a site. While many geophysical methods can locate and delineate fractures or faults, there is a need to extract physically measurable parameters that are directly linked to hydraulic and mechanical properties of fractures. I will present what we have learned from active and passive monitoring of fractures in the laboratory to illuminate and characterize fractures and an example of machine learning to identified changes in fluid saturation within a fracture set. Illuminating Fractures: Geophysics and Machine Learning
Illuminating Fractures: Geophysics and Machine Learning