Postdoc position in microseismic monitoring

NORSAR has extensive experience in array seismology, microseismic monitoring and ray-tracing technology. We are seeking a Postdoc for a 2-year position in the research project “Enhancing Geothermal Reservoirs – Hydraulic and Thermal Stimulation Technology (ERiS)”, which is funded by the Research Council of Norway and Statoil through the EnergiX programme.

 The ERiS projects primary objective is to complement the expertise of the geothermal energy sector in exploitation of unconventional geothermal resources by developing new numerical models and data interpretation workflows that can identify governing mechanisms and forecast reservoir response to stimulation. The Postdoc will be tightly collaborating with researchers at the University of Bergen, Department of Mathematics, which is responsible for the numerical modelling of fracture networks.

 The Postdoc will focus on the interpretation and analysis of field data collected from Iceland, provided by our project partners at ISOR. Using seismological analysis methods, we will investigate how to best characterize, and potentially differentiate, the internal structure of natural and induced fracture networks. The candidate will need to relocate microseismicity, determine source parameters and mechanisms and thereupon, derive fracture network geometries.