Time-lapse seismic reservoir monitoring

Geophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-53

  Lumley, David E ^a  

^a 4th Wave Imaging Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; INFILL DRILLING; PROVEN RESERVES; RESERVES TO PRODUCTION RATIO; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; FLUID-FLOW PROPERTIES; INJECTED FLUIDS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PRODUCTION FACILITY; SEISMIC RESERVOIR MONITORING;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0002075716     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: 19422156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444921     Document Type: Article

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