The 4D microgravity method for waterflood surveillance: Part II - Gravity measurements for the Prudhoe Bay reservoir, Alaska

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ferguson, J F ^a   Chen, T ^a,b   Brady, Jerry ^c   Aiken, C L V ^a   Seibert, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Fugro Airborne Surveys Canada   (Canada)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d Seibert and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical prospecting; Global Positioning System; Gravity; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Mining

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVIMETERS; MICROGRAVITY; MINING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER INJECTION;

METER DRIFT CONTROL; MICROGRAVITY SURVEYS;

WELL FLOODING;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MINING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947269453     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2435473     Document Type: Article

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