Optimizing 4D fluid imaging

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-101

  McInally, A T ^a   Redondo Lopez T ^a   Garnham, J ^a   Kunka, J ^a   Brooks, A D ^a   Hansen, L Stenstrup ^b   Barclay, F ^c   Davies, D ^c  

^a Enterprise Oil Plc   (United Kingdom)

^b ØDegaard A S   (Denmark)

^c Ødegaard U K Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D; AVO; Elastic inversion; Reservoir characteristic

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR;

AVO METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HYDROCARBON; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0037306186     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-537     Document Type: Article

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