The 4D microgravity method for waterflood surveillance: Part IV - Modeling and interpretation of early epoch 4D gravity surveys at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Hare, Jennifer L ^a   Ferguson, John F ^b   Brady, Jerry L ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURVEYS;

LINEAR INVERSION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MICROGRAVITY SURVEY; PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; WATER MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; WATERFLOOD SURVEILLANCE;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

FLOODING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PRECISION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149119087     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2991120     Document Type: Article

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