Dr. Ronald Pijnenburg

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 2.92
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. Ronald Pijnenburg

Project Manager
Structural geology & EM
r.p.j.pijnenburg@uu.nl

Publications

2022

Scholarly publications

Atakan, K., Cocco, M., Orlecka-Sikora, B., Pijnenburg, R., Michalek, J., Rønnevik, C., Olszewska, D., Górka-Kostrubiec, B., & Drury, M. R. (2022). National EPOS initiatives and participation to the EPOS integration plan. Annals of Geophysics, 65(2), [DM211]. https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-8758
Van Stappen, J. F., McBeck, J. A., Cordonnier, B., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2022). 4D Synchrotron X-ray Imaging of Grain Scale Deformation Mechanisms in a Seismogenic Gas Reservoir Sandstone During Axial Compaction. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(8), 4697-4715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-02842-7

2021

Scholarly publications

Pijnenburg, R., Laumann, S., Wessels, R., ter Maat, G., Armstrong, L., Bieńkowski, J., Sleeman, R., Vardon, P., Bruhn, D., Barnhoorn, A., Niemeijer, A., Plümper, O., Willingshofer, E., Spiers, C., Wapenaar, K., Trampert, J., & Drury, M. (2021). EPOS-NL is the Dutch solid earth science infrastructure for research on georesources and geohazards. Paper presented at 1st EAGE Workshop on Induced Seismicity, EAGE GeoTech 2021, Virtual, Online. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202131023
Verberne, B. A., Hangx, S. J. T., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Hamers, M. F., Drury, M. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2021). Drill core from seismically active sandstone gas reservoir yields clues to internal deformation mechanisms. Geology, 49(5), 483-487. https://doi.org/10.1130/G48243.1

2020

Scholarly publications

Pijnenburg, R. P. J., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). Microphysics of Inelastic Deformation in Reservoir Sandstones from the Seismogenic Center of the Groningen Gas Field. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53(12), 5301-5328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-020-02215-y

2019

Scholarly publications

Pijnenburg, R. P. J. (2019). Deformation Behavior of Reservoir Sandstones from the Seismogenic Groningen Gas Field: An experimental and mechanistic study. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. UU Dept. of Earth Sciences.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/395867/PhD_Thesis_Pijnenburg.pdf?sequence=1
Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Verberne, B. A., Hangx, S. J. T., & Spiers, C. J. (2019). Intergranular Clay Films Control Inelastic Deformation in the Groningen Gas Reservoir: Evidence From Split-Cylinder Deformation Tests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(12), 12679-12702. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018702
van Stappen, J. F., McBeck, J. A., Benoit, C., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2019). Understanding strain-accommodating processes in depleted sandstone gas reservoirs through in-situ triaxial testing and X-ray CT imaging. Poster session presented at Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands.
van Stappen, J. F., McBeck, J. A., Boone, M., Benoit, C., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., Cnudde, V., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2019). Understanding deformation in depleted sandstone gas reservoirs: a micro-CT study of in-situ triaxial and uniaxial experiments. Abstract from International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
van Stappen, J. F., McBeck, J. A., Benoit, C., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2019). Understanding strain-accommodating processes in depleted sandstone gas reservoirs through in-situ triaxial testing and X-ray CT imaging. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria.
Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Verberne, B. A., Hangx, S. J. T., & Spiers, C. J. (2019). Inelastic Deformation of the Slochteren Sandstone: Stress-Strain Relations and Implications for Induced Seismicity in the Groningen Gas Field. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(5), 5254-5282. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017366

2018

Scholarly publications

Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Verberne, B. A., Hangx, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2018). Deformation behavior of sandstones from the seismogenic Groningen gas field: Role of inelastic versus elastic mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(7), 5532-5558. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015673

2017

Other output

Hangx, S., Cordonnier, B., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Grain-scale deformation in granular materials: time-lapse XCT-imaging of a deforming reservoir sandstone. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-13086.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/362509/EGU2017_13086.pdf?sequence=1

2016

Other output

Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Verberne, B. A., Hangx, S. J. T., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Deformation of Reservoir Sandstones by Elastic versus Inelastic Deformation Mechanisms. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.

2014

Scholarly publications

Busch, A., Kampman, N., Hangx, S., Snippe, J., Bickle, M., Bertier, P., Chapman, H., Spiers, C. J., Pijnenburg, R., Samuelson, J., Evans, J. P., Maskell, A., Nicholl, J., Pipich, V., Di, Z., Rother, G., & Schaller, M. (2014). The Green River natural analogue as a field laboratory to study the long-term fate of CO2 in the subsurface: 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-12. Energy Procedia, 63, 2821-2830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.304

Other output

Hangx, S., Pijnenburg, R., Niemeijer, A., Bakker, E., Samuelson, J., & Spiers, C. (2014). No Seal, No Deal: the Importance of understanding caprock integrity during long-term CO2 storage. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, United States. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/25395
Pijnenburg, R., Hangx, S., & Spiers, C. (2014). Wafers are the new plugs: a novel technique to obtain strength parameters in shale under drained conditions. Poster session presented at The challenge of studying low-permeability materials. , Cergy, France.