Location of historic events at Groningen gas field


Title

Location of historic events at Groningen gas field

Publication Type
Conference Proceedings
Year of Conference
2017
Conference Name
SEG
Publication Language
eng
Citation Key
2968
Abstract

We relocate historic Groningen gas field events that have occurred before year 2000. These events have been recorded by a very small and sparse network of stations in the area with a fairly complicated velocity model. Events are relocated using publicly available P-wave pick arrivals, and a version of the velocity model provided by the operator, the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatchappij (NAM), that we have smoothed. We use station corrections, calculated using a different set of more recent events recorded by a larger array of receivers, to correct the model and diminish apparent biases. The new locations appear to exhibit more structure that suggests presence of active faults.