4D signal enhancement using singular-value decomposition: Application to mapping oil-water contact movement across the Nelson Field

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Reid, Fiona J L ^a,b   Bertrand, Alexandre ^a,c   McInally, Allan T ^d,e   MacBeth, Colin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Geotrace Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^e Ninian House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WATER;

4D SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; OIL-WATER CONTCTS; SINGULAR-VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SYNTHETIC TESTS; TIME-LAPSE RESPONSE; TIME-LAPSE SIGNAL SEPARATION;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTERFACE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 14644398639     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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