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SUMMARY:HGS April General Dinner
DESCRIPTION:HGS April General Dinner\n \n Reservoir Dynamics o
 f Large-Scale Injection: Lessons from the Permian 
 Basin\n \n Speaker: Dr. Katie Smye\n \n Date: Mond
 ay\, 13 April 2026\n \n Time: 5:30 &ndash\; 8:30\n
  \n Location: Guadalajara Hacienda\, 9799 Katy Fwy
 \, Houston\, TX 77024\n \n Cost: $65 Members\, $75
  Non-members\, $40 Students\n \n Details: Dinner a
 nd two drink tickets included\n \n UT Alumni night
 &mdash\;come network with fellow UT geos!\n \n &nb
 sp\;\n \n Abstract:\n \n &nbsp\;\n \n Reservoir Dy
 namics of Large-Scale Injection: Lessons from the 
 Permian Basin\n Katie Smye\n Center for Injection 
 and Seismicity Research\, The University of Texas 
 at Austin\n \n Over the past decade\, the Permian 
 Basin region has served as a natural laboratory fo
 r understanding the reservoir dynamics and impacts
  of fluid injection at the basin scale. The ongoin
 g need to dispose of tens of millions of barrels o
 f produced water daily in the region has driven th
 e evolution of injection practices across a range 
 of geologic and operational settings. Injection in
  the Permian Basin occurs across distinct geologic
  systems: in shallow and deep reservoirs in the Mi
 dland and Delaware Basins\, and in the Central Bas
 in Platform. Deep injection targeting carbonate un
 its overlying crystalline basement is comparable t
 o injection settings in the Fort Worth Basin and m
 idcontinent regions such as Oklahoma and Kansas\, 
 and is associated with historically high rates of 
 seismicity on faults extending from basement into 
 the injection strata. Operational changes includin
 g reductions in deep injection volumes have coinci
 ded with a ~50% decrease in M &ge\; 3.0 earthquake
 s over the past year. Shallow injection is associa
 ted with seismicity to a lesser degree\, but incre
 asing reliance on these strata is causing surface 
 uplift\, up to tens of centimeters in places\, wel
 l control issues in overpressured intervals\, and 
 localized surface flows from legacy vertical wellb
 ores.\n \n This lecture draws on integrated data a
 nd models spanning surface to basement\, to examin
 e how large-scale injection drives changes in pres
 sure and stress\, resulting in geomechanical chall
 enges. We will explore the geologic controls on in
 jection-induced hazards\, highlight the importance
  of monitoring and data integration\, and offer le
 ssons for safely managing large-scale injections i
 n other basins globally.\n \n \n \n &nbsp\;\n \n B
 io\n \n  \n \n Katie Smye is a Research Associate 
 Professor at The University of Texas at Austin and
  Principal Investigator of the Center for Injectio
 n and Seismicity Research (CISR)\, an industry-fun
 ded research consortium focused on water injection
  capacity and seismic hazard mitigation\, particul
 arly in the Permian Basin. Dr. Smye is known for l
 eading multidisciplinary efforts integrating geolo
 gic\, geophysical\, and reservoir engineering data
  and models to assess the response of subsurface s
 ystems to large-scale fluid injection.\n \n She ho
 lds a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of
  Cambridge\, where she was a Gates Cambridge Schol
 ar\, and dual bachelor&rsquo\;s degrees in Geology
  and Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. Dr
 . Smye has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-re
 viewed publications and serves as an Associate Edi
 tor for the AAPG Bulletin. She is an active contri
 butor to technical conferences as a session conven
 er and speaker\, and frequently communicates scien
 tific findings to public and media audiences on to
 pics related to induced seismicity and sustainable
  reservoir management.\n \n &nbsp\;\n \n Sponsors\
 n \n \n \n &nbsp\;
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LOCATION:Guadalajara Hacienda\n 9799 Katy Fwy\n Houston\, T
 X 77024\n United States\n 
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