F. Lahaie
Project title: "Improving recovery rates from reservoirs: Numerical modelling
of the effects of stress sensitivity and fluids on time-lapse seismic images
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Starting date: : 01 May 2000
Finishing date: 31 April 2002
Fellowshipt type: Post-Doctoral
Host Institution: University College Dublin, Geophysics Group. www.ucd.ie/~geophysic/
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
PhD in Geophysics, Funded by ELF/CNRS. Awarded in April 2000.
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
MSc in Mechanics of Geophysical media and Environment. Awarded in June 1996.
Ecole de Physique du Globe, Strasbourg.
Diplôme d'Ingénieur in Geophysics. Awarded in October 1995.
Numerical simulation of fluid flow and seismic wave propagation in fractured
rocks: Application to time-lapse seismics interpretation
Peer Reviewed Papers
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (1996). Modélisation de la dynamique auto-organisée des éruptions volcaniques: application au comportement du Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, t. 323, série IIa, pp. 569-574.
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (1998). A fluid-rock interaction cellular automaton of volcano mechanics: Application to the Piton de la Fournaise. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 9637-9649.
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (1999). Loading Rate Impact on fracturing pattern: Lessons from hydrocarbon recovery, Lacq gas field, France. J. Geophys. Res., 17941-17954.
Weiss, J., Lahaie F., and Grasso, J.R. (2000). Statistical analysis of dislocation dynamics during viscoplastic deformation from acoustic emission, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 433-442.
Lahaie F. (2000). Pertinence du formalisme des transitions de phase pour aborder la mécanique des objets géologiques, PhD doctorate, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, pp 255.
Sue C., Grasso J.R., Lahaie F., and Amitrano D. (2001) Mechanical behavior of Western Alpine structures infered from statistical analysis of seismicity, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.
Lahaie, F. and Bean C., New insights into the elastic moduli-porosity relationship in sandstones, in preparation.
Communications
Lahaie F., Grasso J.R., Giroux S., and Marcenac P. (1996) Self-organized criticality as a simple unifying model for the complexity of volcano mechanics. 21st annual conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Complex systems in the Earth sciences, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Grasso J.R., Weiss J., Scotti O., and Lahaie F. (1997) Is the self-Organized Criticality concept useful to rationalize the ductile and brittle behaviours? Implications for earthquake dynamics, New-York, United States.
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (1997) A model of fluid circulation within a rock matrix to capture the complexity of volcano mechanics: Application to the Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion, Meeting of the Société Géologique de France, Hydrodynamics and Fluid-rock interaction in porous and fractured rocks, Montpellier, France.
Lahaie F., Boyer E., Grasso J.R., and Fourmaintraux D. (1998) Production as a tool to control the efficiency of reservoir fracturing: The Lacq case-study, paper SPE 47318 presented at the SPE/ISRM Eurock'98, Trondheim, Norway, 8-10 July.
Lahaie F. and Grasso, J.R. (1998) A methodology for characterizing and interpreting frequency-size distributions. European Research Conferences, Natural and Anthropogenic Hazard. Frequency-magnitude relationships in earthquake and fault populations: Implications for seismic hazard, Acquafreda di Maratea, Italy.
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (1998) Evidence for stress rate impact on fracturing pattern in the Lacq gas field. American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting, San Francisco, 6-10 Dec.
Helmstetter A., Grasso J.R., Baumont D., Dietrich M., Garambois S., Guiguet R., Hellman R., Janod F., Lahaie F., Lambert, M., Martinod J., Noir J., Thomas J.C., Van der Baan M. (1999) What can icequakes tell us about earthquake mechanics?, SSA meeting 99, Seattle, United States.
Bard P.Y., Grasso J.R., Koller M., Lahaie F., Volant P., Fourmaintraux D. (1999) Benefit of local seismic monitoring for hazard assessment in context of induced seismicity, SSA meeting 99, Seattle, United States.
Grasso J.R., Lahaie F., and Amitrano, D., (1999) Eboulements et transitions de phase : Apport de la physique statistique à la caractérisation de l'aléa. Rapport du pôle grenoblois.
Lahaie F., Grasso J.R., Boyer E., and Fourmaintraux D. (1999) Impacts of loading rate on the diffuse/localized mode of fracturing: Lessons from the seismic behaviour induced by hydrocarbon recovery (Lacq, France), CFGI-CFMR-CFMS common meeting, with the participation of AFPS, Seismic and dynamic aspects in geotechnics, Strasbourg, France.
Lahaie F. and Grasso J.R. (2000) Phase transitions: A generic framework for understanding the non-linear scale-invariant behavior of geophysical objects. Euresco conference, Natural and anthropogenically induced hazards. Space and time dependent hazard evaluation in complex Earth systems, Acquafreda di Maratea, Italy.
Grasso J.R., Lahaie F., Helmstetter A., and Amitrano, D. (2000) Are all Earth's crust movements driven by a critical state? Cross-analysis of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, snow avalanches and rockfalls, Euresco conference, Natural and anthropogenically induced hazards. Space and time dependent hazard evaluation in complex Earth systems, Acquafreda di Maratea, Italy.
Lahaie F., Bean, C., and Toomey, A. (2001) Numerical modelling of reservoir stressing on time-lapse seismic images, paper accepted for presentation at "European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery", Bucarest, Roumanie, 17-19 octobre.
Lahaie, F. and Bean C., New insights into the elastic moduli-porosity relationship in sandstones, American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, California, 10-14 December.
Fellowship holder
E-mail: Franz.Lahaie@mines.u-nancy.fr
Phone No: 00-353-1-7162079
Fax No: 00-353-1-2837733
Supervisor
Name: Dr. Chris Bean
E.mail: Chris.Bean@ucd.ie
Phone No: 00-353-1-7162140
Fax No: 00-353-1-2837733