Seismic inversion tracks in situ combustion: A case study from Balol oil field, India

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Vedanti, Nimisha ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELDS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS; WELLS;

POST-COMBUSTION; PRESTACK INVERSION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION WELLS; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC INVERSION; TIME-LAPSE SEISMIC DATA; WELL PRODUCTION;

IN SITU COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; HEAVY OIL; OIL FIELD; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650340740     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3129262     Document Type: Article

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