Quantifying 3D land seismic reliability and value

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1710-1718

  Bickel, J E ^a   Gibson, R L ^a   McVay, D A ^a   Pickering, S ^b   Waggoner, J ^b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC DATA; VALUE OF INFORMATION (VOI) METHODS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33751008385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/102340-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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