Anisotropy correction for deviated-well sonic logs: Application to seismic well tie

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 464-471

  Hornby, Brian E ^a,b   Howie, John M ^a,c   Ince, Donald W ^a,d  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA REDUCTION; GAMMA RAYS; OIL WELLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; DEFLECTED BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT VELOCITY; ROCKS; SAND; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; BIAKUK FIELDS; COMPRESSIONAL-WAVE ANISOTROPY; SHALE ANISOTROPY; SONIC LOGS; ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; ITERATIVE INVERSION; LARGE ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC APPLICATION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; ACOUSTIC LOGGING;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AVO METHOD; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; DATA INVERSION; ERROR CORRECTION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SHALE;

EID: 10844263200     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567212     Document Type: Article

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