Digital Proceedings

Overview

The international Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG) 2018 has been organized recognizing the strong need for shared knowledge in innovative and challenging applications on energy geotechnics. SEG-2018 aims to serve as a forum for promoting the exchange of ideas, practices and state-of-the-art on a broad range of topics in the area.

Contents

The Extended Abstract Proceedings of the International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, SEG-2018, is organized by sessions following the day by day program. Please report to the contributions as links to download the pdf file.

(*) Please report to the book of proceedings, Energy Geotechnics, available through Springer, for full papers.

Reviewers

Prof. Guido Musso (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Prof. Frank Wuttke (Kiel University, Germany)

Prof. Sebastian Bauer (Kiel University, Germany)

Prof. David Smeulders (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)

Prof. Abdelmalek Bouazza (Monash University, Australia)

Dr. Sébastien Burlon (Terrasol, France)

Prof. Brice Lecampion (EPFL, Switzerland)

Prof. Marie Violay (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Francesco Parisio (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany)

Dr. Thomas Nagel (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany)

Prof. Jean-Michel Pereira (Ecole des Ponts Paristech, France)

Prof. Patrick Dangla (Ecole des Ponts Paristech, France)

Prof. Enrique Romero (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)

Prof. Marcelo Sanchez (Texas A&M University, USA)

Prof. Sheng Dai (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Dr. Maria Victoria Villar (CIEMAT, Spain)

Dr. Alberto Minardi (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Aldo Madashi (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Alessandro Rotta Loria (EPFL, Switzerland)

Ms. Angelica Tuttolomondo (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Barnaby Fryer (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Cristiano Garbellini (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Dimitrios Terzis (EPFL, Switzerland)

Ms. Eleonara Crisci (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Etienne Cassini (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Gianluca Speranza (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Jacopo Zannin (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Melis Sütman (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Patrycja Baryla (EPFL, Switzerland)

Mr. Jose Bosch Llufriu (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dr. Patrick Hicher (EPFL, Switzerland)


Tuesday – September 25

Opening Ceremony5:15 – 6:45 PM

Lyesse Laloui
EPFL, Switzerland and Co-Chair of the SEG 2018 Symposium

Alessio Ferrari
EPFL, Switzerland and Co-Chair of the SEG 2018 Symposium

Marcelo Sanchez
Texas A&M University, USA and Chair of ISSMGE TC308

Laurent Pitteloud
President of the Swiss Geotechnical Association

Opening Lecture

J. Carlos Santamarina
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Fractured rock in energy geotechnics

COST GABI Lecture

Marco Barla
PoliTo, Italy
Energy tunnels: an opportunity for the development of urban areas


Wednesday – September 26

Keynote and Feature Lectures9:00 – 11:00 AM

Jonny Rutqvist
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Fault activation, seismicity and leakage in geologic CO2 sequestration

Lyesse Laloui
EPFL, Switzerland
Analysis, Design And Application Of Energy Geostructures From The Building To The City Scale

Sébastien Burlon
Setec-Terrasol, France
GABI: a common European initiative for Geothermal Applications for Buildings and Infrastructure


Thursday – September 27

Keynote and Feature Lectures8:45 – 10:45 AM

Jean Desroches
Schlumberger, France
Hydraulic fracturing, more than a reservoir stimulation technique: from measuring stresses to mine preconditioning

Stefan Wiemer
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Tailor-made risk governance for induced seismicity of geothermal energy projects

Marie Violay
EPFL, Switzerland
Coupled Hydro-mechanical processes in fault zones, implications for deep geothermal reservoirs


Friday – September 28

Keynote and Feature Lectures9:00 – 10:45 AM

Antonio Gens
UPC, Spain
Underground research laboratories in nuclear waste containment

María Victoria Villar
CIEMAT, Spain
Hydro-chemo-mechanical interactions in compacted bentonite

Marcelo Sanchez
Texas A&M University, USA
Behavior of Gas Hydrates Bearing Sediments: Geomechanical and Numerical Modeling


Friday – September 28

Closing Lecture4:45 PM

Paul Bossart
Swisstopo, Switzerland
The international Mont Terri rock laboratory: research in the field of radioactive waste disposal and CO2 sequestration


Wednesday – September 26

1st SESSION11:30 AM – 12:45 AM

1.A Mini-Symposium : Room 3ABC

Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures
Organized by Sebastien Burlon, Terrasol Setec; Giovanna Biscontin, Cambridge Uni.

N. Makasis

X. Bao

K.S Abubakar

M. Sutman

E. Sailer

1.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Hydraulic stimulation in Energy Geotechnics: from Research to Practice
Organized by Brice Lecampion, EPFL

F.H. Cornet

H. Zia

J. Desroches

E. Sarris

N. Dutler

1.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Processes in Shales and Soils
Organized by Enrique Romero, UPC; Guido Musso, PoliTo; Cristina Jommi, PoliMi

J.M. Espitia Lopez

G. Della Vecchia

M. Rosone

I.C. Bourg

L. Gonzalez Blanco


Wednesday – September 26

2nd SESSION2:00 – 3:15 PM

2.A Mini-Symposium : Room 3ABC

Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures
Organized by Sebastien Burlon, Terrasol Setec; Giovanna Biscontin, Cambridge Uni.

J. Zannin

N.P. Lopez Acosta

N. Woodman

A.F. Rotta Loria

2.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Hydraulic stimulation in Energy Geotechnics: from Research to Practice
Organized by Brice Lecampion, EPFL

S. Salimzadeh

I. Tomac

R. Rached

M. Risyad

J. Maury

2.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Earth Materials
Organized by S.L. Abdelaziz, Stony Brook University; A. Bouazza, Monash University; Session chair: John McCartney, University of California Sand Diego

Li Yanling

Y.S. Kim

M. Sedighi

J. McCartney

E. Romero


Wednesday – September 26

3rd SESSION3:15 – 4:15 PM

3.A Mini-Symposium : Room 3ABC

Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures
Organized by Sebastien Burlon, Terrasol Setec; Giovanna Biscontin, Cambridge Uni.

L. Aresti

A. Di Donna

A. Takai

B. Cousin

3.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

CO2 geological storage
Organized by Jean-Michel Pereira, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

B. Orlic

Yixiang Gan

A.P. Rinaldi

J.M. Pereira

3.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

THMC Energy Geostorage
Organized by Frank Wuttke, Kiel University; David Smeulders, Eindhoven University; Sebastien Bauer, Kiel University

W.T. Pfeiffer

A.S. Sattari

H. Hailemariam

D. Smeulders


Wednesday – September 26

4th SESSION4:45 – 6:00 PM

4.A Mini-Symposium : Room 3ABC

Energy Geostructures
Session Chair: Gabriela M. Medero, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

M. Oliaei

F. Rognon

D.D. Cortes

R. Houhou

D. Zhang

4.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

CO2 geological storage
Organized by Jean-Michel Pereira, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

T.S. Yun

L. Zhang

M. Abdel-Mohsen

I. Gravaud

4.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Geomaterials
Session Chair: Maria Victoria Villar, CIEMAT

N. Sau

G. Melot

H. Manman

A. Minardi

T. Nishimura


Thursday – September 27

5th SESSION11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

5.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Energy Geostructures
Session Chair: Marcelo Sanchez, Texas A&M University, Edinburgh

F. Casini

R. Saggu

A.R. Vasilescu

Y. Delerablee

5.B Technical Session : Room 4BC

Gas hydrate Sediments
Session Chair: J. Carlos Santamarina, KAUST

L. Yang

R. Yan

G. Han

Y. Wu

M. Terzariol

5.C Technical Session : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Geomaterials
Session Chair: Silvio Giger, NAGRA

Y. Yukselen-Aksoy

E. Cassini

L. Douma

K. Liu

E. Gerolymatou


Thursday – September 27

6th SESSION2:00 – 3:15 PM

6.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Energy Geostructures
Session Chair: Guillermo A. Narsilio, University of Melbourne

G. Kong

F. Villalobos

S.H. Lines

Y. Guo

G.R. Aditya

6.B Technical Session : Room 4BC

Induced Seismicity
Organized by Marie Violay, EPFL

A. Mignan

Y. Zhu

C. Cornelio

C. Noël

M. Acosta

6.C Technical Session : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Geomaterials
Session Chair: Sayuri Kimoto, Kyoto University

M. Ondrasik

A. Gajo

X. Sun

M.M. Arzanfudi

M. Sassi


Thursday – September 27

7th SESSION3:15 – 4:30 PM

7.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Energy Geostructures
Session Chair: John S. McCartney, UC San Diego

J. Epting

P. Conti

R. Debasree

M. Peltier

7.B Technical Session : Room 4BC

Induced seismicity
Organized by Marie Violay, EPFL

B. Fryer

M. Broccardo

P. Giacomel

L. Cauchie

E. Spagnuolo

7.C Technical Session : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Geomaterials
Session Chair: Alessio Ferrari, EPFL

Z. Ye

N. Al-Mohamadi

M. Ziccarelli

A. Tuttolomondo


Thursday – September 27

8th SESSION5:00 – 6:15 PM

8.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Shallow Energy Geostorage
Session Chair: Bertrand François, Université Libre de Bruxelles

E. Passaris

E. Al Hajri

L. Paci

O. Pedchenko

M. Schuck

8.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Induced seismicity
Organized by Marie Violay, EPFL

L. Villiger

C. Brooks

C. Nussbaum

M. Lesueur

Wei Wu

8.C Technical Session : Room 5BC

THMC Behavior of Geomaterials
Session Chair: Alessandro Gajo, University of Trento

S. Yu

C Lijie

T. Orlander

M. Pasand

J.C. Santamarina


Friday – September 28

9th SESSION11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

9.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Geotechnics for Offshore Energy Applications
Session Chair: Alessandro F. Rotta Loria, EPFL

L. Thorel

M. Mehravar

W. Zhou

H. Wang

K. Faizi

9.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Challenges of Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Organized by Sheng Dai, Georgia Tech

J.Y. Lee

H. Iwai

Z. Liu

J. Zhao

S. Uchida

9.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

Computational Waste Management in Geomechanics
Organized by Thomas Nagel and Francesco Parisio, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

S.V. Churakov

D. Jaeggi

J. Rutqvist

B. François

F. Wuttke


Friday – September 28

10th SESSION1:45 – 3:00 PM

10.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Other Geotechnical Activities Related to the Energy Sector
Session Chair: Jana Frankovská, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

T.-P. Tsai

S.F.I. Al-Abdullah

I. Mirsayapov

Y. Choi

P. Psarropoulos

10.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Challenges of Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Organized by Sheng Dai, Georgia Tech

L. Yanlong

T.X. Le

A. Alavoine

C. Deusner

S. Dai

10.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

Current Advances and Challenges Associated with Geological Disposal
Organized by Maria Victoria Villar, CIEMAT; Marcelo Sanchez, Texas A&M University

B. Pomaro

M.V. Villar

A. Madaschi

M. Sanchez

S. Sato


Friday – September 28

11th SESSION3:00 – 4:15 PM

11.A Technical Session : Room 3ABC

Hydraulic Stimulation
Session Chair: Jonny Rutqvist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

T. Kadeethum

J.C. Choi

V.H. Tran

J. Justo

A. Blaisonneau

11.B Mini-Symposium : Room 4BC

Challenges of Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments
Organized by Sheng Dai, Georgia Tech

J. Yoneda

S. Kimoto

K.A. Alshibli

J. Shen

11.C Mini-Symposium : Room 5BC

Current Advances and Challenges Associated with Geological Disposal
Organized by Maria Victoria Villar, CIEMAT; Marcelo Sanchez, Texas A&M University

P. Braun

S.B. Giger

D. Seyedi

E. Crisci

P. Baryla


Additional Contributions

F. Loveridge

W. Dongyuan

X. Yu

A. Rotta Loria

A.A. Garakani

I. Stefanou