Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160101158
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Subsurface fluid flow through fractures in sedimentary basins. This project aims to improve understanding of subsurface fluid transport through fractures. Fractures in rock provide interconnected, hydraulically conductive networks enabling large-volume fluid transport through sedimentary basins. The ability of a fracture to transmit fluid is primarily controlled by the in situ stress field, but also by rock strength, fracture plane orientation and roughness and pore-fluid pressure. We have a good understanding of in situ stress within many sedimentary basins, but know very little about the nature and origin of natural fractures. This project aims to provide a detailed, quantitative understanding of the nature and origin of natural fractures in the subsurface, which is critical for predicting fluid migration within aquifers, carbon dioxide storage sites, and geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoirs.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2016
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $230,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Petroleum and Coal Geology | Structural Geology | Geology | Tectonics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Geothermal Energy Extraction | Oil and Gas Extraction |
