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Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) and Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) will be hosting a presentation on “The Intersection of Environment and EOR: How Carbon Capture is Changing Tertiary Recovery” by Dr. Robert Balch, Petroleum Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology on March 30th. click here for abstract

The Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) hosted a distinguished lecture on ‘Evidence for Damaging Induced Earthquakes in Southern California in the Early to Mid-20th Century’ by Dr. Susan Hough, US Geological Survey, on July 28, 2016. click here for abstract

S. Mehran Hosseini, Ph.D student at the University of Southern California and a team member of the Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC), won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Mork Family Department Student Research Symposium held on November 6, 2015 at USC. His work, under the guidance of Dr. Fred Aminzadeh, is on the 'Effect…

The annual Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) meeting will be held on December 7, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall at the University of Southern California (USC). The organizations represented at the meeting include speakers from USC as well as external speakers. Jonathan Bishop (Chief Deputy Director, California Water Resources), keynote speaker for the Luncheon at the ISC…

The semi -annual Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) meeting was held on July 23, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall at the University of Southern California (USC). Presentations were given by speakers from USC, Caltech, University of Nevada Reno, University of California Irvine, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, FracGeo, National Energy Technology Laboratory,…

The semi -annual Induced Seismicity Consortium (ISC) meeting was held on July 23, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall at the University of Southern California (USC). Presentations were given by speakers from USC, Caltech, University of Nevada Reno, University of California Irvine, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, FracGeo, National Energy Technology Laboratory,…

The ISC review meeting is going to be hold on July 23rd, 2015 at Ronald Tutor Hall. Presenters include speakers from the USC as well as external speakers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Toronto, FracGeo, National Energy Technology Laboratory, UCI, CalTech and so on. click here for agenda

FracGeo is a technology company based in the Woodlands TX specializing in completion optimization, and modeling the interaction between hydraulic and natural fractures and the resulting impact on the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) propped permeability and microseismicity. Dr. Ahmed Ouenes, CEO of FracGeo said he is impressed by the accomplishments of USC-ISC and the advanced…

The ISC annual meeting was held on October 22th, 2014 at Ronald Tutor Hall. Presenters included speakers from the USC itself as well as external speakers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States Geological Survey, Oxy, Aera Energy, UCLA, CalTech and so on. photos- %3Ccenter%3E%3Cimg…

  A document on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) related to Induced Seismicity has been released for public knowledge on the website. This document answers various questions related to the Induced Seismicity and areas of study at Induced Seismicity Consortium. California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) had seeked literature and data for review of well stimulation technologies…

  The second quarterly meeting of Induced Seismicity Consortium was held at USC on 12th June 2014 which was attended by various dignitaries  from industry and academia. The meeting started with introductory note from Dr. Fred Aminzadeh  introducing the attendees , status update and achievements from consortium. It was followed by various technical presentations covering accomplishments…

 ISC has released the Induced Seismicity Mapping (ISM) software. The software has been developed to highlight areas of induced seismicity versus the oil field operations. The test case is California but ISM can be generalized for other areas, as well. A general overview can be seen here.

A paper by Danielle Sumy and other authors in AGU find that an Oklahoma earthquake in 2011 may have promoted other earthquakes. The article can be found on the Publications page (direct link).

The first ISC quarterly meeting of 2014 was conducted February 25, 2014. Presenters included external speakers from the National Research Council, UC Irvine, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the California Oil and Gas Commission, and the Oklahoma Independent Producers Association. The introductory remarks given by Professor Aminzadeh can be viewed here.  

 The ISC has held its fourth quarterly review meeting at USC's Davidson Conference Center on October 23, 2013. The meeting was opened by Dean Yortsos with remarks on the progress of ISC and its significance. Many current and prospective sponsors attended the meeting, both in person and remotely. The consortium welcomed two new members: City…