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Field testing of fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for subsurface seismic monitoring by Daley, Thomas M, Freifeld, Barry M, Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan, Dou, Shan, Pevzner, Roman, Shulakova, Valeriya, Kashikar, Sudhendu, Miller, Douglas E, Goetz, Julia, Henninges, Jan, Lueth, Stefan

“…Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is a relatively recent development in the use of fiber-optic cable for measurement of ground motion. Discrete fiber-optic…”
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Reactive transport modeling to study changes in water chemistry induced by CO2 injection at the Frio-I Brine Pilot by Xu, Tianfu, Kharaka, Yousif K, Doughty, Christine, Freifeld, Barry M, Daley, Thomas M

“…To demonstrate the potential for geologic storage of CO2 in saline aquifers, the Frio-I Brine Pilot was conducted, during which 1600tons of CO2 were injected…”
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Safe storage and effective monitoring of CO2 in depleted gas fields by Jenkins, Charles R, Cook, Peter J, Ennis-King, Jonathan, Undershultz, James, Boreham, Chris, Dance, Tess, de Caritat, Patrice, Etheridge, David M, Freifeld, Barry M, Hortle, Allison, Kirste, Dirk, Paterson, Lincoln, Pevzner, Roman, Schacht, Ulrike, Sharma, Sandeep, Stalker, Linda, Urosevic, Milovan

“…Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is vital to reduce CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, potentially providing 20% of the needed reductions in global emissions…”
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Radiolytically reworked Archean organic matter in a habitable deep ancient high-temperature brine by Nisson, Devan M., Walters, Clifford C., Chacón-Patiño, Martha L., Weisbrod, Chad R., Kieft, Thomas L., Sherwood Lollar, Barbara, Warr, Oliver, Castillo, Julio, Perl, Scott M., Cason, Errol D., Freifeld, Barry M., Onstott, Tullis C.

“…Investigations of abiotic and biotic contributions to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are required to constrain microbial habitability in continental subsurface…”
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Numerical simulations of the Macondo well blowout reveal strong control of oil flow by reservoir permeability and exsolution of gas by Oldenburg, Curtis M, Freifeld, Barry M, Pruess, Karsten, Pan, Lehua, Finsterle, Stefan, Moridis, George J

“…In response to the urgent need for estimates of the oil and gas flow rate from the Macondo well MC252-1 blowout, we assembled a small team and carried out oil…”
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The U-tube: A novel system for acquiring borehole fluid samples from a deep geologic CO2 sequestration experiment by Freifeld, Barry M., Trautz, Robert C., Kharaka, Yousif K., Phelps, Tommy J., Myer, Larry R., Hovorka, Susan D., Collins, Daniel J.

“…A novel system has been deployed to obtain geochemical samples of water and gas, at in situ pressure, during a geologic CO2 sequestration experiment conducted…”
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Dynamic Processes of CO2 Storage in the Field: 1. Multiscale and Multipath Channeling of CO2 Flow in the Hierarchical Fluvial Reservoir at Cranfield, Mississippi by Zhou, Quanlin, Yang, Xianjin, Zhang, Rui, Hosseini, Seyyed A., Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan B., Freifeld, Barry M., Daley, Thomas M., Hovorka, Susan D.

“…A consistent picture of dynamic channeling, invasion, spreading, and breakthrough (CISB) of supercritical CO2 in the hierarchical fluvial reservoir at…”
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Reducing operational costs of CO2 sequestration through geothermal energy integration by Li, Melody X., Ricard, Ludovic P., Underschultz, James, Freifeld, Barry M.

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Modeling CO2 injection at Cranfield, Mississippi: Investigation of methane and temperature effects by Doughty, Christine, Freifeld, Barry M.

“…A large‐scale carbon dioxide (CO2) injection pilot is ongoing at Cranfield, Mississippi, in a saline aquifer with high dissolved methane (CH4) content,…”
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Laboratory seismic monitoring of supercritical CO2 flooding in sandstone cores using the Split Hopkinson Resonant Bar technique with concurrent x-ray Computed Tomography imaging by Nakagawa, Seiji, Kneafsey, Timothy J., Daley, Thomas M., Freifeld, Barry M., Rees, Emily V.

“…ABSTRACT Accurate estimation of CO2 saturation in a saline aquifer is essential for the monitoring of supercritical CO2 injected for geological sequestration…”
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Complex fluid flow revealed by monitoring CO2 injection in a fluvial formation by Lu, Jiemin, Cook, Paul J., Hosseini, Seyyed A., Yang, Changbing, Romanak, Katherine D., Zhang, Tongwei, Freifeld, Barry M., Smyth, Rebecca C., Zeng, Hongliu, Hovorka, Susan D.

“…At Cranfield, Mississippi, United States, a large‐scale carbon dioxide (CO2) injection through an injection well (∼3,080 m deep) was continuously monitored…”
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Methane hydrate formation and dissociation in a partially saturated core-scale sand sample by Kneafsey, Timothy J., Tomutsa, Liviu, Moridis, George J., Seol, Yongkoo, Freifeld, Barry M., Taylor, Charles E., Gupta, Arvind

“…We performed a series of experiments to provide data for validating numerical models of gas hydrate behavior in porous media. Methane hydrate was formed and…”
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Using oxygen isotopes to quantitatively assess residual CO2 saturation during the CO2CRC Otway Stage 2B Extension residual saturation test by Serno, Sascha, Johnson, Gareth, LaForce, Tara C., Ennis-King, Jonathan, Haese, Ralf R., Boreham, Christopher J., Paterson, Lincoln, Freifeld, Barry M., Cook, Paul J., Kirste, Dirk, Haszeldine, R. Stuart, Gilfillan, Stuart M.V.

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Measuring permanence of CO2 storage in saline formations; the Frio experiment by Hovorka, Susan D, Benson, Sally M, Doughty, Christine, Freifeld, Barry M, Sakurai, Shinichi, Daley, Thomas M, Kharaka, Yousif K, Holtz, Mark H, Trautz, Robert C, Nance, H. Seay, Myer, Larry R, Knauss, Kevin G

“…If CO2 released from fossil fuel during energy production is returned to the subsurface, will it be retained for periods of time significant enough to benefit…”
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Hydrogeology, Chemical and Microbial Activity Measurement Through Deep Permafrost by Stotler, Randy L., Frape, Shaun K., Freifeld, Barry M., Holden, Brian, Onstott, Tullis C., Ruskeeniemi, Timo, Chan, Eric

“…Little is known about hydrogeochemical conditions beneath thick permafrost, particularly in fractured crystalline rock, due to difficulty in accessing this…”
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Interpreting Velocities from Heat-Based Flow Sensors by Numerical Simulation by Su, Grace W., Freifeld, Barry M., Oldenburg, Curtis M., Jordan, Preston D., Daley, Paul F.

“…We have carried out numerical simulations of three‐dimensional nonisothermal flow around an in situ heat‐based flow sensor to investigate how formation…”
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Advanced monitoring and simulation for underground gas storage risk management by Zhang, Yingqi, Oldenburg, Curtis M., Zhou, Quanlin, Pan, Lehua, Freifeld, Barry M., Jeanne, Pierre, Rodríguez Tribaldos, Verónica, Vasco, Donald W.

“…It is crucial to ensure the safety and integrity of underground gas storage (UGS) infrastructure for energy reliability in California, and many other places…”
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Modeling the Aliso Canyon underground gas storage well blowout and kill operations using the coupled well-reservoir simulator T2Well by Pan, Lehua, Oldenburg, Curtis M., Freifeld, Barry M., Jordan, Preston D.

“…A blowout of the Sesnon Standard-25 well (SS-25; API 03700776) at the Aliso Canyon Underground Gas Storage Facility, first observed on October 23, 2015,…”
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Using pulse testing for leakage detection in carbon storage reservoirs: A field demonstration by Sun, Alexander Y., Lu, Jiemin, Freifeld, Barry M., Hovorka, Susan D., Islam, Akand

“…Monitoring techniques capable of deep subsurface detection are desirable for early warning and leakage pathway identification in geologic carbon storage…”
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In-well sediment incubators to evaluate microbial community stability and dynamics following bioimmobilization of uranium by Baldwin, Brett R., Peacock, Aaron D., (Margaret) Gan, Ying-Dong, Resch, C. Tom, Arntzen, Evan, Smithgall, Amanda N., Pfiffner, Susan M., Freifeld, Barry M., White, David C., Long, Philip E.

“…An in‐well sediment incubator (ISI) was developed to investigate the stability and dynamics of sediment‐associated microbial communities to prevailing…”
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