Seismic attributes for monitoring of a shallow heated heavy oil reservoir: A case study

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 368-377

  Schmitt, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SHIFT STACK PROCEDURE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0033102116     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444541     Document Type: Article

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