Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101398

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101398

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Quantifying the risk of groundwater contamination from hydraulic fracturing in coal seam gas operations in Australia. Concern for impacts to groundwater resources due to coal seam gas operations has led to heated debate in the community. This project will assess the risk to groundwater contamination from fracking in coal seam gas operations. It is critical that naturally occurring compounds in the coal seam and injected compounds are not mobilised to aquifers topped by water bores. This project will build accurate, site-specific, dynamic numerical models of the hydraulic-fracturing process in coal seam gas operations. This will enable prediction of the maximum vertical extent of stimulated fractures in specific coal seams and will help establish criteria for when and where fracking in coal seam gas wells is safe in relation to groundwater contamination.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $355,744.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Numerical Solution of Differential and Integral Equations | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering | Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oil and Gas Extraction | Management of Liquid Waste from Energy Activities (excl. Water) |

Other Keywords

Geomechanics and Resources Geotechnical Engineering | Management of Liquid Waste from Energy Activities (excl. Water) | Numerical Solution of Differential and Integral Equations | Numerical and Computational Mathematics | Oil and Gas Extraction | Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

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