Use of interferometric techniques for detecting subsidence in the oil fields of Kuwait using Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  ud din, Saif ^a   Al Dousari, Ahmad ^a   Al Ghadban, Abdulnabi ^a   Aritoshi, Mio ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Central Computer Service Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burgan oil field; Kuwait; Radar interferometry; SAR; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; REPEAT PASS INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; POROSITY; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SUBSIDENCE;

INTERFEROMETRY; OIL FIELD; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 29944446509     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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