REMO PROJECT

Summary:

This project tackles a vital, but frequently disregarded, industry issue: the influence of fluid injection on seismic activity. The natural stress state in the Earth’s crust is changed by fluid injection, which may cause earthquakes. The study of natural seismicity, injection-triggered slip-on dormant faults, induced small-magnitude seismicity endangering storage integrity, and moderate induced seismicity raising social concerns are the four main problems associated with induced seismicity. 

REMO is an integrated offshore real-time high-resolution seismic monitoring system that combines geophysics and engineering expertise. This system makes use of Big Data analytics with specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, enhanced Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology, and optical fiber cables buried beneath the ocean floor. Even the smallest seismic events can be found, analyzed, and detected by it, giving vital information for the site selection and operation stages.

General objective:

REMO aims to provide an affordable, real-time, high-resolution seismic monitoring network for underground fluid injection sites, especially for offshore facilities, applying DAS technology with AI and big data analytics. This innovation contributes to mitigating climate change and is in line with the UN’s Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development, the EU’s green transition goals, and biodiversity conservation.