Analysis of attenuation anisotropy in multiazimuth VSP data from the Clair field

67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPE2005 - Extended Abstracts

Volumn 67th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2005: The Challenge of Discovery. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1243-1246

  Maultzsch, Sonja ^a   Chapman, Mark ^a   Liu, Enru ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; BOREHOLES; DATA RECORDING; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

ATTENUATION ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTHAL VARIATION; BOREHOLE IMAGE LOGS; OPEN FLUID-FILLED FRACTURES;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 33645118965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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