Use of Satellite Radar Images in Surveillance and Control of Two Giant Oilfields in California

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2419-2434

  Patzek, Tad W ^a   Silin, Dmitriy B ^a   Fielding, Eric ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER INJECTION;

RESERVOIR ROCKS; WATERFLOOD PROJECTS;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 1142266361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71610-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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