Results of the world's first 4D microgravity surveillance of a waterflood - Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 824-831

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

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b Zonge Engineering and Research Organization

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Seibert and Associates   (United States)

^e Micro g Lacoste   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GRAVITATION; MONITORING; OIL WELL FLOODING; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COST PROHIBITIVE; DENSITY CHANGE; GAS CAP; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAJOR FACTORS; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; SURFACE GRAVITY; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; WATER FLOOD; WATER MOVEMENTS;

WATER INJECTION;

DRILLING; FLOOD; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SURVEYING; WATER FLOW;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149086400     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/101762-PA     Document Type: Article

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