Passive seismic data management and processing to monitor heavy oil steaming operations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, ITOHOS 2008 - "Heavy Oil: Integrating the Pieces"

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 339-348

  Bailey, J R ^a   Smith, R J ^b   Keith, C M ^b   Searles, K H ^a   Wang, L ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BOREHOLES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRUDE OIL; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ENGINEERS; FRACTURE; GASOLINE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OIL WELL TESTING; OIL WELLS; SEISMOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTIC MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; CYCLIC STEAM STIMULATIONS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ECONOMIC PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 64049085192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/117484-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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