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Research article
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12 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 12 Oct 2020
| 12 Oct 2020
A novel approach to assessing nuisance risk from seismicity induced by UK shale gas development, with implications for future policy design
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London, UK
Maximilian J. Werner
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Short summary
We develop a framework that links the volume of hydraulic fracturing fluid injected during shale gas exploration with the likelihood that resulting seismicity causes a nuisance to nearby populations. We apply the framework to a shale gas site in England and find that the potential of a given injected volume to produce nuisance ground motions is especially sensitive to assumptions about the amount of seismic energy released during operations. The work can inform policy on shale gas exploration.
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