Stacking seismograms to improve microseismic images

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Technology Symposium 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 490-499

  Shemeta, J E ^a   Maxwell, S ^a   Warpinski, N R ^a   Quimby, S ^d   Riebel, T ^a   Phillips, Z ^a   Kinser, J R ^b   Hinds, G ^b   Green, T W ^c   Waltman, C K ^a  

^a PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Bill Barrett Corp

^c Bass Enterprises Production Co ^*

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; SEISMOGRAPHS; TELEMETERING;

MICROSEISMIC IMAGES; NOISE CANCELLATION; OFFSET-WELL SPACINGS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 40449132535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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