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Energy Resources Program: Research Summaries 2004-2005

Program Overview
Ernie Majer

A Stochastic Model for Base-Of-Salt Mapping Using Gravity Data
Jinsong Chen, Michael G. Hoversten, and Torquil Smith

Simulation of Reservoir Rock Formation: Sedimentation, Compaction, and Diagenesis
Guodong Jin, Tad W. Patzek, and Dmitry B. Silin

Measuring and Observing Methane Hydrate Behavior Under Natural Conditions
Timothy J. Kneafsey, Liviu Tomutsa, George J. Moridis, Yongkoo Seol, and Barry M. Freifeld

Detection of Hidden Geothermal Systems Based on Near-Surface CO2
Jennifer L. Lewicki and Curtis M. Oldenburg

The Application and Use of Microdrilling for Vertical Seismic Profiling and Monitoring Reservoir Performance
Ernest L. Majer and Thomas M. Daley

Evaluating and Managing the Impact of Induced Seismicity at the Geysers Geothermal Field
Ernest L. Majer and John E. Peterson

Application of Seismic Methods for Fracture Characterization
Ernest L. Majer

The Reaction Kinetics of Methane Hydrate Dissociation in Porous Media
George J. Moridis, Yongkoo Seol, and Timothey J. Kneafsey

A Similarity Solution for Gas Production from Dissociating Hydrate Accumulations
George J. Moridis and Matthew Reagan

Slot-Shaped Borehole Breakout within Weakly Cemented Sand under Anisotropic Stresses
Seiji Nakagawa, Liviu Tomutsa, and Larry Myer

Characterizing Thermal and Hydrological Properties of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Yongkoo Seol, Timothy J. Kneafsey, George J. Moridis, and Liviu Tomutsa

A New Analytical Solution for Migration of Sorbing Solute Tracers in Fractured Porous Media
Chao Shan and Karsten Pruess

Frequency-Dependent Asymptotic Analysis of Seismic Reflection from a Fluid-Saturated Medium
Dmitriy Silin, V. A. Korneev, G. M. Goloshubin, and T. W. Patzek

Monitoring Waterflood Operations: Hall Method Revisited
Dmitriy Silin, R. Holtzman, T. W. Patzek, and J. L. Brink

Crustal Deformation and Source Models of the Yellowstone Volcanic Field from Geodetic Data
Don W. Vasco, Charles W. Wicks, Christine M. Puskas, Robert B. Smith, Wayne Thatcher, and Charles M. Meertens

Numerical Simulation of Injectivity Effects of Mineral Scaling and Clay Swelling in a Fractured Geothermal Reservoir
Tianfu Xu, Guoxiang Zhang, and Karsten Pruess

Injection of CO2 with H2S and SO2 and Subsequent Mineral Trapping in a Sandstone-Shale Formation
Tianfu Xu, John A. Apps, and Karsten Pruess

TOUGHREACT - A Comprehensive Numerical Simulator for Chemically Reactive Flows
Tianfu Xu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, and Karsten Pruess

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