The 4D microgravity method for waterflood surveillance: Part 3 - 4D absolute microgravity surveys at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ferguson, John F ^a   Klopping, F J ^b   Chen, Tianyou ^c   Seibert, John E ^d   Hare, Jennifer L ^e   Brady, Jerry L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Micro g Lacoste   (United States)

^c Fugro Airborne Surveys Canada   (Canada)

^d Seibert and Associates   (United States)

^e Zonge Engineering and Research Organization Inc   (United States)

^f BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVIMETERS; MICROGRAVITY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURVEYS;

ABSOLUTE GRAVITY; FIELD SURVEYS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GRAVITY SURVEY; KEY ELEMENTS; MICROGRAVITY SURVEY; WATER FLOOD; WATERFLOOD SURVEILLANCE;

MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149084877     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2992510     Document Type: Article

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