Induced seismicity processes

诱发地震活动是由工业过程引发的地震，包括能源技术、采矿和水库蓄水。在阿尔伯塔省，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的、尚未量化的风险。由于新的非常规能源活动，包括水力压裂处理（有时称为“水力压裂”）和与生产相关的流体处理，目前正在这些设施附近（10公里内）进行规划和/或进行，因此存在潜在的风险。西安大略大学和卡尔加里大学拟议的“诱发地震活动过程”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地对其进行建模的实用知识，这是工业界了解诱发地震活动风险和制定减灾战略所需要的。研究的总体结果将转化为协议，以确保关键设施的安全，同时尽可能地开采附近价值数亿美元的资源。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行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.