Long-range, critical-point dynamics in oil field flow rate data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Main, Ian G ^a   Li , L ^a   Heffer, K J ^b   Papasouliotis, O ^a,c   Leonard, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING DATA; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL REGRESSION MODEL; OIL FIELD FLOW RATE DATA;

EARTHQUAKES; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CORRELATION; DARCY LAW; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OIL FIELD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

CORRELATION DISTANCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LONG RANGE CORRELATIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CORRELATION; STATISTICAL REGRESSION MODEL;

EID: 38349108651     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027357     Document Type: Article

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