Detecting hydrocarbon reservoirs from CSEM data in complex settings: Application to deepwater Sabah, Malaysia

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Darnet, Mathieu ^a   Choo, Matthew C K ^b   Plessix, René Edouard ^a   Rosenquist, Mark L ^a   Yip Cheong, Kok ^b   Sims, Eldon ^a   Voon, John W K ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Sarawak Shell Berhad ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Geochemistry; Geomagnetism; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Terrestrial electricity

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC (CSEM); ITERATIVE SOLVER; NEAR-SURFACE VARIATIONS OF RESISTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DEEP SEA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33947182105     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2435201     Document Type: Article

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