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US 2025/0060351 A1Published application
Analysis of geological discontinuities and related methods
OwnerMichael P. Smithinventor
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Provided herein are methods for identifying a region of a geologic area comprising a fault or other feature associated with a pressure loss. Such methods can comprise (1) subjecting rock samples from separated sites in an area to condition(s) that can cause the release of carbon dioxide (CO2), one or more volatile carbon dioxide-related, or both, if present, while not causing the release of a significant amount of CO2 or the one or more CO2-related compounds associated with the crystalline structure of the material, (2) measuring the amount of CO2, the one or more related compounds, or both, and (3) identifying regions in the geologic area associated with a relatively low CO2, related compounds, or both, or similar or alternative methods involving the analysis of such compositions associated with materials provided here.
A method for identifying a region of a geologic area comprising a fault or other feature associated with a pressure loss, the method comprising (1) subjecting a plurality of rock samples obtained from a plurality of separated sites within the geologic area to one or more conditions that can cause the release of an amount of volatile carbon dioxide from the samples, an amount of one or more volatile carbon dioxide-related compounds from the samples, or an amount of volatile carbon dioxide and an amount of volatile carbon dioxide-related compounds if present, wherein the one or more conditions do not cause the release of a significant amount of carbon dioxide or the one or more carbon dioxide-related compounds associated with the crystalline structure of the material, (2) measuring the amount of volatile carbon dioxide, the one or more volatile carbon dioxide-related compounds, or both, released from the rock samples, and (3) identifying regions in the geologic area that are associated with a relatively low released amount of carbon dioxide, the one or more carbon dioxide-related compounds, or both, wherein the relatively low released amount of carbon dioxide, the one or more carbon dioxide-related compounds, or both, associated with a geologic region defined by one or more of the sites is indicative of a fault or other feature associated with pressure loss in the geologic region.
A method for identifying a region of a geologic area that is likely to contain a fault, other feature associated with fluid migration, or a combination thereof, comprising:
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