D6.3 Report Summarizing The Results Of The Tasks In Form Of Input And Boundary Conditions For Regulatory Guidelines

• Main Authors: van Wees, Jan Diederik, Dost, Bernard, Huenges, Ernst, Flovenz, Olafur, De Natale, Pino, Wiemer, Stefan, Raches, Xavier, Vernier, Romain
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: production; environmental; non te; regulatory aspects; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255960; https://zenodo.org/record/1255960

Deliverable 6.3 of Geiser reports the results of Task 6.3 (Real-time tools to monitor the evolution of induced microseismicity) and Task 6.5 (Provide boundary conditions for regulatory guidelines). Activities in the Geiser project focussed on building a shared conceptual framework for these deliverables in close feedback with other Work package activities providing input. To this end a number of workshops have been organised between WP 5 and WP 6, including a workshop in Utrecht in March 2011 one in Zurich in November 2011 and various work meetings. From a regulatory perspective the boundary conditions need to closely connected to conditions and evaluation criteria for licensing of activities. As an outcome of joint work package meetings during the general assembly in 2011 it became apparent that we needed to further synergize the insights of WP 3 and WP4 into WP 5 and WP6. To this end in Q1 2012 a joint workshop between WP3,4,5,6 has been devoted to the outline of key parameters which control induced seismicity and to discuss strategies how a priori assessment, monitoring and validations of these can be incorporated in a regulatory framework and technical guidelines. As an outcome of the Q1 2012 workshop it has been decided to organize a follow up workshop Q3 2012 for the technical guidelines serving as input for regulatory quidelines These technical guidelines have been described in detail in the following deliverables of Geiser:. 1) Input Guidelines for best practice for seismic hazard assessment (D5.6) 2) effect of different stimulation techniques on the seismicity and strategies to mitigate induced seismicity (D6.1) 3) Technical best practices for monitoring (D6.2) In addition a separate deliverable of Geiser deals with Socio-economic best practices(D6.4), which is also of great relevance to providing regulatory guidelines This document deals with fitting the fore mentioned technical and socio-economic guidelines in existing regulatory frameworks. To this end this document first introduces a conceptual development framework for EGS, identifying main toll-gates for regulatory guidelines. Next this document outlines the main features of various national mining laws and its practical regulatory implementation. For each of these an outline is given how the law and regulatory framework are or could be applied to EGS development. The situation in the Netherlands is first discussed where there is a long track record regarding induced seismicity. Subsequently we deal with countries where EGS exploration and production has been developed (France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland). The second chapter summarizes the findings from fore mentioned technical guidelines and socio economic best practices . The last chapter of this document discussed the scope for adaptation of these guidelines into regulatory guidelines that can be accepted by other member states. : FP7