Understanding reservoir architectures and steam-chamber growth at Christina Lake, Alberta, by using 4D seismic and crosswell seismic imaging

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Zhang, Welmin ^a   Youn, Sung ^a   Doan, Quang ^a  

^a ENCANA CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

BITUMEN; CROSSWELL SEISMIC IMAGING; RESERVOIR GEOLOGY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOLOGY;

BASELINE SURVEY; BITUMEN; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CHRISTINA LAKE; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148991780     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/97808-PA     Document Type: Article

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