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About the Microseismic Industry Consortium

Founded in January 2010 the Microseismic Industry Consortium is a novel, applied-research geophysical initiative dedicated to the advancement of research, education and technological innovations in microseismic methods and their practical applications for resource development. Working with industry partners and government agencies, the Consortium is a team of faculty, students and researchers hosted by the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. Taking advantage of multidisciplinary links to researchers at both universities, the Microseismic Industry Consortium benefits from access to specialists in a variety of related disciplines. Our research vision encompasses data acquisition, processing and interpretation within a multidisciplinary research environment. As the project evolves, specific research goals and objectives have been developed in close consultation with industry sponsors. Key aspects of our research vision include the following:

  1. Creating improved algorithms for data processing.
  2. Developing case histories using existing and newly acquired microseismic data.
  3. Improving geomechanical characterization of fracture processes.
  4. Simulating fracture processes by numerical methods.
  5. Understanding the stress field and how it evolves.
  6. Investigating temporal changes in reservoir conditions, including seismic anisotropy.
  7. Induced seismicity.

News and Information

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2018 CSEG Geoconvention

Microseismic Industry Consortium will attend the 2018 CSEG Geoconvention. See details for talk/poster schedules.
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Mirko van der Baan talking on the SEG Podcast 'Seismic Soundoff'

Listen to Mirko van der Baan talking on the SEG Podcast 'Seismic Soundoff' about the Feb 2018 special issue in The Leading Edge on 'Induced Seismicity'. Mirko van der Baan was one of the guest editors. David Eaton co-authored a paper in this special issue. See "read more" for podcast link and TLE special issue link.

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David Eaton co-authered a paper in Science

Congratulations to David Eaton who co-authored a paper in Science.
Schultz, Atkinson, Eaton, Gu and Kao: Hydraulic fracturing volume is associated with induced earthquake productivity in the Duvernay play, Science, 359(6373), 304-308, 2018.
See "read more" for the full link to the paper.
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Bright spot paper of Geophysics by Tom Eyre and Mirko van der Baan

Congratulations to Tom Eyre and Mirko van der Baan.
Their paper on "The reliability of microseismic moment-tensor solutions: Surface versus borehole monitoring" is currently being highlighted as a bright spot in the Nov/Dec issue of Geophysics.
See "read more" for the link to the paper.
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Dr. David Eaton will give a webinar on October 17

Dr. David Eaton will be giving a webinar on October 17 for the Denver Microseismic Study Group, titled" What Controls the Magnitude of Injection-induced Earthquakes?" Details in Read More.
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