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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-363-2020
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Research article
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24 Mar 2020
Research article |
| 24 Mar 2020
| 24 Mar 2020
Subsidence associated with oil extraction, measured from time series analysis of Sentinel-1 data: case study of the Patos-Marinza oil field, Albania
Marianne Métois
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, UMR5276 LGL-TPE, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Mouna Benjelloun
Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, UMR5276 LGL-TPE, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Cécile Lasserre
Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, UMR5276 LGL-TPE, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Raphaël Grandin
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris, UMR7154, CEDEX 05, 75238 Paris, France
Laurie Barrier
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris, UMR7154, CEDEX 05, 75238 Paris, France
Edmond Dushi
Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Rexhep Koçi
Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- Brackish-water desalination plant modulates ground deformation in the city of Cape Coral, Florida G. Aslan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2023.100077
- Land Subsidence Assessment of an Archipelago Based on the InSAR Time Series Analysis Method D. Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15030465
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- Subsidence in Coastal Cities Throughout the World Observed by InSAR P. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098477
- Assessing land subsidence from anthropogenic activity in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia revealed using SAR interferometry R. Perdana et al. https://doi.org/10.15243/jdmlm.2025.122.7235
- Post‐Earthquake Fold Growth Imaged in the Qaidam Basin, China, With Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar S. Daout et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021241
- Reflections from the 2019 Durrës Earthquakes: An Earthquake Engineering Evaluation for Masonry Typologies H. Bilgin et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092227
- Deformation Monitoring and Primary Driving Factor Analysis in the Coastal Area of Liaohe Oilfield Utilizing MT-InSAR and PCA B. Yu et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41064-024-00283-1
- Unveiling subsidence patterns: Time series analysis for land deformation investigation in the west-Qurna oil field, Iraq A. Alkhazraji & J. Dash https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101411
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Short summary
The Patos-Marinza oil field in Central Albania (40.71° N, 19.61° E) is one of the largest onshore oil fields in Europe. More than 7 million oil barrels are extracted per year from sandstone formations in western Albania. The regional seismicity culminated in December 2016, when a seismic sequence developed in the oil field, triggering the opening of a public inquiry. We take advantage of the Sentinel-1 radar images to show that a strong subsidence, probably induced, is taking place in the field.
The Patos-Marinza oil field in Central Albania (40.71° N, 19.61° E) is one of the largest...
