Improved understanding of reservoir fluid dynamics in the North Sea snorre field by combining tracers, 4D seismic, and production data

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 768-777

  Huseby, O ^a   Andersen, M ^b   Svorstol I ^b   Dugstad, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b StatoilHydro   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

4D SEISMIC; 4D SEISMIC DATA; FLUID-DYNAMICS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; INTERWELL TRACER TESTING; NORTH SEA; PRODUCTION DATA; RESERVOIR DYNAMICS; RESERVOIR FLUID; TRACER RESPONSE;

SEISMOLOGY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SNORRE FIELD;

EID: 52949111273     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/105288-PA     Document Type: Article

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