Anisotropic azimuthal attenuation as an indicator of fracture properties, a case study on time-lapse walkaround VSP data

Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2833-2837

  Varela, I ^a   Nasser, M ^b   Chapman, M ^c   Liu, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell ^*

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBONATES; FRACTURE; SEISMIC WAVES; STEAM; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AZIMUTHAL ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY TECHNIQUES; STEAM INJECTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 33947203887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.201402333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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