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Innovative strength
through science

Since our company was founded in 2001, we have been continuously working on R&D projects alongside our work for our customers.

Numerous methods and processes have significantly influenced the development of deep geothermal energy and are increasingly used in the oil and gas industry.

A selection of our scientific publications
(peer reviewed)

​​Prozessverständnis induzierte Seismizität

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  • A model for fluid-injection-induced seismicity at the KTB, Germany. GJI, 2003. doi 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01837.x

  • Inferring In Situ Hydraulic Pressure From Induced Seismicity Observations: An Application to the Cooper Basin (Australia) Geothermal Reservoir. JGR, 2020. doi 10.1029/2019JB019070

  • Inferring Hydraulic Pressure Changes from Induced Seismicity Observations: Three Showcases from Geothermal Reservoirs. IJG, 2021. doi 10.1155/2021/6647834

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Monitoring, Datenbearbeitung, Interpretation

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  • Probing the Crust to 9-km Depth: Fluid-Injection Experiments and Induced Seismicity at the KTB Superdeep Drilling Hole, Germany. BSSA, 2002. doi 10.1785/0120010236

  • ​Induced Seismicity during the Stimulation of a Geothermal HFR Reservoir in the Cooper Basin, Australia. BSSA, 2006. doi 10.1785/0120050255

  • ​Earthquake Cluster: What Can We Learn from Waveform Similarity? BSSA, 2008. doi 10.1785/0120080018

  • ​Investigation of Fault Mechanisms during Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation Experiments in the Cooper Basin, Australia. BSSA, 2009. doi 10.1785/0120080055

  • Continued Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation Experiments in the Cooper Basin (Australia). BSSA, 2015. doi 10.1785/0120140208

  • INNSIP - The mobile Finnish Seismic Instrument Pool. Seismica, 2025. 4, 1, 16 p.

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Ampelsteuerung 

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  • Traffic Light Systems: To What Extent Can Induced Seismicity Be Controlled? SRL, 2019. doi 10.1785/0220180337

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Modellierung induzierter Seismizität

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  • A numerical model for fluid injection induced seismicity at Soultz-sous-Forêts. IJRMMS, 2010. doi 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.10.001

  • Numerical simulation of seismicity induced by gas production – implications for seismic hazard assessment. JGR, 2023. doi 10.1029/2023JB027025

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Gutachten zum seismischen Risiko

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  • Deep Heat Mining Basel - Seismic Risk Analysis. SERIANEX, 2009.

  • Induced seismicity and seismic risk management – a showcase from the Californië geothermal field (the Netherlands). NJG, 2022. doi 10.1017/njg.2022.12​​

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2023-2025

  • SafeGeo. TKI Urban Energy, the Netherlands

 

​2023-2024

  • Cumulative effects due to mining, general and in the Grijpskerk area. Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands

 

2021-2022

  • Seismicity in Flanders. Vlaams Planbureau voor Omgeving, Belgium

 

2020-2021

  • Induzierte Seismizität bei der Gewinnung von Kohlenwasserstoffen aus unkonventionellen Lagerstätten. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

 

2019-2020

  • Risk assessment for UDG and EGS and an inventory of preventive and mitigating measures. Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands

 

2018-2019

  • Geomechanical Study – Small Gas Fields in the Netherlands. Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands     

 

2017-2021

  • Science for Clean Energy (S4CE). EU - Horizon 2020.

 

2016

  • Defining the Framework for Seismic Hazard Assessment in Geothermal Projects. Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands

  • Recommendations for a Traffic-Light-System limiting the strength of seismicity induced in small gas fields in The Netherlands. State Supervision of the Mines, the Netherlands 

 

2011-2013

  • Stimulationsexperiment im Malmkalk in einer tiefen Geothermiebohrung in Mauerstetten. Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit

 

2008

  • Seismic risk associated with the stimulation of geothermal reservoirs. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

 

2001-2005

  • Hot Dry Rock Projekt Soultz: Erste Phase der Erstellung einer wissenschaftlichen Pilotanlage. Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit

Our Research Projects

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