Modeling offset-dependent reflectivity for time-lapse monitoring of water-flood production in thin-layered reservoirs

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Ellison, Shelley J ^a   Imhof, Matthias G ^b   Çoruh, Cahit ^b   Fuqua, Alan D ^a   Henry, Stephen C ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BHP Billiton Petroleum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOODS; SEISMOLOGY; WATER;

AMPLITUDE CORRECTION; SEISMOGRAMS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AVO METHOD; DATA PROCESSING; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 1842538148     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1649372     Document Type: Article

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