Seafloor pockmarks are distinct depressions on the seabed that commonly result from the escape of fluids, including hydrocarbons and biogenic gases, from sedimentary layers below. These features, ...

When we talk about climate change, we tend to focus on its more tangible effects: extreme heat, ocean warming, melting glaciers, and so on. But anywhere from 500 meters to a few kilometers beneath our ...

The impact of human activities – such as greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation – on Earth's surface have been well-studied. Now, hydrology researchers from the University of Arizona have ...

Reservoir simulation is the physics-based, numerical prediction of subsurface fluid flow used to design field development and optimize production over the asset life. 2.1 Corner-point or unstructured ...

Earthquakes generated by controlled fluid injection at Colorado’s Rangely oil field were caused by destabilizing fault pore pressure changes, according to a new mechanistic model applied to data from ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) field laboratory today announced up to $44 million for projects to develop and ...