Monitoring reservoir compaction by joint inversion of seafloor subsidence and time-lapse seismic timeshift data

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2518-2522

  Bourne, S J ^a   Hatchell, P J ^a  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production BV

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COREMAKING; EXHIBITIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AREAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CORE MATERIALS; GEOMECHANICAL MODELS; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; JOINT INVERSIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MATERIAL BALANCE ANALYSES; PETROPHYSICAL; RESERVOIR COMPACTIONS; SEISMIC TRAVEL TIMES; SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS; SURFACE SUBSIDENCES; TIME SHIFTS; VERTICAL STRAINS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 55649123498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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