Last info 31.3.2018

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interest

• Fluid-injection induced seismicity: hydraulic fracturing and enhanced geothermal system (EGS)
• Controlling factors of the seismicity and fluid propagation effects in the reservoir
• Mechanisms, knowledge gaps, regulation and traffic light protocols in induced seismicity
• Geophysical monitoring of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation
  Matched filtering techniques for event detection and location
• Local seismic characterization: site effects and surface waves investigation
• Earthquake seismology: theory and data processing

Current research

• Investigations of the induced seismicity in the Cooper Basin (Australia)
• Study of the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs
• Enhancement in seismic monitoring acquisition systems
• Review of geophysical monitoring techniques, conducted in hydrocarbon reservoirs
• Microseismic events detection and location, from downhole/surface acquisition geometry

Projects

"FracRisk", Present

"Induced Seismicity National Project Canada", From 02/2015 to Present

"VSP" Experiment in Brooks, AB, Canada, 05/2015

"Hoadley Flowback Microseismic Experiment (HFME)", 11/2013 - 02/2015

Publications

• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann, G., Fuchs, F., Aftershocks And Seismic Efficiency For The Cooper Basin (Australia) Geothermal Stimulation, Seventh EAGE Workshop on Passive Seismic 2018, Krakaow, Poland
• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann, G., Enhancement of seismic monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoirs, CSEG Rocorder March 2018
• Caffagni, E. & Bokelmann, G., 2017. Enhancement of seismic monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoirs, CSEG Recorder. In press.
• Caffagni, E., Cattaneo M. & Bordoni, P., 2016. Evidences of Rayleigh waves and their contribution to ground motion in basins: the case of Norcia (central Italy), Journal of Seism., submitted. (Korrektur!)
• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann, G., 2016, Geophysical monitoring of an hydrocarbon reservoir, Energy Procedia, 97, 294-301, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.003
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.W., Jones, J.P., van der Baan, M., Detection and analysis of microseismic evnts using a Matched Filtering Algorithm (MFA), Geophysical Journal International 2016, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw168
• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann, G., McDermott, C.I., Eaton, D.W., Van der Baan, M., 2016. Beyond microseismicity: an overview of geophysical monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoirs, Microseismic Industry Consortium, Annual Research Report, Volume 6.
• Jones, J.P., Eaton, D., Caffagni, E., Quantifying the similarity of seismic polarizations, Geophysical Journal International (2016), 204, 968-984
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.,W., Van der Baan, M. & Jones, J.P., 2015. Regional seismicity: A potential pitfall for identification of long-period long-duration events, Geophysics, 80, no. 1, 1–5, 10.1190/GEO2014-0382.1
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.,W., Jones, J.P. & Van der Baan, M., 2015. Detection and location of microseismic events using a matched filtering algorithm (MFA), Geophysical Journal International, submitted
• Eaton, D.W. & Caffagni, E., 2015. Enhanced downhole microseismic processing using matched filtering analysis (MFA), First Break, Special Topic Passive Seismic, 33, July 2015
• Caffagni, E., Cattaneo M. & Bordoni, P., 2015. Evidences of Rayleigh waves and their contribution to ground motion in basins: the case of Norcia (central Italy), Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., in prep
• Eaton, D.W., Caffagni, E., Rafiq, A., Van der Baan, M. & Roche, V., 2014. Passive seismic monitoring and integrated geomechanical analysis of a tight-sand reservoir during hydraulicfracture treatment, flowback and production: URTeC: 1929223
• Cattaneo, M., Caffagni, E., Carannante, S., D’Alema, E., Frapiccini, M., Ladina, C., Marzorati, S. & Monachesi, G., 2014. A catalogue of non-tectonic earthquakes in central-eastern Italy, Annals of Geophysics, 57, 3, 2014, S0328; doi:10.4401/ag-6434

Proceedings of Conference

• Caffagni, E., Fuchs, F., Bokelmann, G., Fluid-injection induced seismicity in the Cooper Basin (Australia): spatial, temporal, and energy characteristics, talk at the EGU Vienna 2018
• Caffagni, E. & Bokelmann, G., 2017. Aftershocks and seismic efficiency for the Cooper Basin (Australia) geothermal stimulation. Abstract submitted to the 7th EAGE Workshop on Passive Seismic.
• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann G., Lenhardt, W., Joswig, M. & Sauter, M., 2016. Induced Seismicity Connections: from Hydraulic Fracturing to Knowledge Gaps, Regulations and Mitigation strategy. Talk presented at the ESC Conference 2016.
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.W., Jones, J.P. & van der Baan, M., 2016. The Matched Filtering Algorithm (MFA): Extending the potential for detection and location of microseismic events. Hints for induced seismicity hazard? Talk presented at the ESC Conference 2016.
• McDermott C., Bokelmann, G., Caffagni, E., 2016. FracRisk - Understanding, Preventing and Mitigating the Potential Environmental Impact and Risk of Shale Gas Exploitation. Talk presented at
  the 78th EAGE Conference in Vienna.
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.W., Jones, J.P. & and van der Baan, M., 2016. Enhanced Detection and Location of Microseismic Events using a Novel Matched Filtering Method. Talk presented at the 78th EAGE
  Conference in Vienna.
• Eaton, D.W., van der Baan, M., MacKay, M., Caffagni, E. & Zecevic, M., 2016. Passive seismic methods for hydraulic fracture monitoring: Resolving fracture networks, slow slip and earthquake nucleation processes. Talk presented at the IRIS Workshop 2016.
• Bao, X., Eaton, D.W., Caffagni, E., 2016. Matched Filtering Analysis of Induced Seismicity in the Crooked Lake region, Alberta: correlation with Hydraulic-fracturing Operations. Poster presented at the SSA Meeting 2016, Special session on induced seismicity.
• Jones, J.P., Eaton, D.W., Caffagni, E., 2016. Empirical Seismic Phase Separation from Polarization Analysis, Talk presented at the SSA Meeting 2016, Session: Machine Learning and its Application to Earthquake and Explosion Signal Analysis.
• Apoloner, M.T., Caffagni, E. & Bokelmann, G., 2016, Improved Detection of Local Earthquakes in the Vienna Basin (Austria), using Subspace Detectors. Poster presented at the EGU Conference 2016.
• Caffagni, E., Bokelmann, G., Enhancement of seismic monitoring in hydrocarbon reservoirs, talk at the EGU Vienna 2017
• Enrico Caffagni and Goetz Bokelmann, "Geophysical monitoring in a hydrocarbon reservoir" within the FracRisk project (Horizon2020), Poster presented at the EGU Conference 2016
• Enrico Caffagni, Marco Cattaneo , and Paola Bordoni, "Empirical evidence of Rayleigh waves in Norcia (central Italy) and their quantitative contribution to ground motion", Poster presented at the EGU Conference 2016
• Caffagni, E. & Eaton, D.W., 2015. Detection and location of small microseismic events using a Matched Filtering Algorithm (MFA), Proceedings of the Focus Geonvention 2015
• Caffagni, E., Eaton, D.W., Jones, J.P. & Van der Baan, M., 2015. Similarities in characteristics of regional earthquakes and inferred long-period long-duration (LPLD) events, Proceedings of the Focus Geonvention 2015.
• Caffagni, E. & Eaton, D.W., 2014. Hoadley Microseismic Experiment: Reprocessing and Characterization of Long-Duration Tremor Signals, Proceedings of the Focus Geonvention 2014
• Caffagni, E. & Eaton, D.W., 2014. Detection Sensitivity of Local Tectonic Earthquakes by Borehole Geophone Arrays: A Case Study From Central Alberta. Proceedings of the Focus Geonvention 2014
• Caffagni , E., Parolai, S., Bindi, D. & Cattaneo, M., 2011. Basin Induced Surface Waves (Rayleigh) in an Intramountain Sedimentary Basin: the case study of Norcia (Perugia, Italy), Proceedings of the GNGTS Conference Technical Reports
• Caffagni , E., Eaton, D.W., Jones, J.P. & Van der Baan, M., 2015. Similarities in characteristics of regional earthquakes and inferred long-period long-duration (LPLD) events. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 5 - 2015. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 5 - 2015
• Caffagni , E. & Eaton, D.W., 2015. Detection and location of weak microseismic events with a Matched Filtering Algorithm. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 5 - 2015
• Eaton, D.W., Zhang, H. & Caffagni , E., 2015. Crooked Lake Aftershock Survey (CLASS): Preliminary Results. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 5 - 2015
• Eaton, D.W. & Caffagni , E., 2015. The inferred Calgary cryoseism of March 4, 2014: An analog for hydraulic fracturing? Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 5 - 2015
• Caffagni , E. & Eaton, D.W., 2014. Detection Sensitivity of Local Earthquakes by Borehole Instrumental Networks. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 4 - 2014
• Caffagni , E. & Eaton, D.W., 2014. Patterns of Microseismicity and Characterization of Long- Duration Tremors from the Hoadley project. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 4 - 2014
• Caffagni , E. & Eaton, D.W., 2014. Detecting and locating small microseisms by matched filtering using reference events. Microseismic Industry Consortium Volume 4 - 2014

Links

www.fracrisk.eu

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Enrico_Caffagni

https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/enrico-caffagni/55/24/14

http://microseismic-research.ca/index.php?page=personnel

http://www.ucalgary.ca/science/news/frost_quake_tracking_mission

http://www.an.ingv.it/NTSEQS/people.html

http://www.sismicitaindotta.it/home/contact

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