Induced seismicity processes

诱发地震是指由工业过程（包括能源技术、采矿和水库蓄水）引发的地震。在阿尔伯塔，触发的地震活动对主要水坝和其他高度关键结构的完整性构成了重大和尚未量化的风险。潜在风险的产生是因为新的非常规能源活动，包括水力压裂处理（有时称为“压裂”）和与生产有关的液体的处置，目前正在规划和/或在这些设施附近（10公里内）进行。拟议中的西安大略大学和卡尔加里大学在诱发地震活动过程中的合作研究与开发项目旨在提供有关诱发地震活动如何产生以及如何可靠建模的实用知识，这是工业界为了了解诱发地震活动风险并制定缓解策略所需的。研究的总体结果将转化为协议，以确保关键设施的安全，同时尽可能地从附近提取数亿美元的资源。这项研究具有重大的公共安全效益，对加拿大的石油和天然气工业也具有重要的经济意义。

Induced seismicity is the occurrence of earthquakes that are triggered by industrial processes including energy technologies, mining, and reservoir impoundment. In Alberta, triggered seismicity poses a significant and as-yet-unquantified risk to the integrity of major dams and other highly-critical structures. The potential risk arises because new unconventional energy activities, including hydraulic fracture treatments (sometimes called 'fracking') and disposal of production-related fluids, are currently being planned and/or conducted in close proximity (within 10 km) to such facilities. The proposed Collaborative Research and Development project of the University of Western Ontario and the University of Calgary, in Induced Seismicity Processes, is aimed at providing the practical knowledge of how induced seismicity is generated, and how it can be reliably modeled, that is needed by Industry in order to understand induced-seismicity risks and develop mitigation strategies. The overall results of the research will translate into protocols to ensure the safety of critical facilities while allowing, to the extent possible, the extraction of hundreds of millions of dollars in resources that are situated nearby. This research has significant public safety benefits, and is also of key economic importance to Canada's oil and gas industry.