Improved microseismic event location by inclusion of a priori dip particle motion: A case study from Ekofisk

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 727-737

  Jones, G A ^a   Raymer, D ^b   Chambers, K ^a   Kendall, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ekofisk; Microseismicity; Particle motion; Reservoir monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARRAY OF SENSORS; ARRIVAL TIME; COHERENT STRUCTURE; DATA SETS; EKOFISK; EKOFISK FORMATIONS; EVENT LOCATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; MICROSEISMICITY; MONITORING WELLS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NORTH SEA; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PRIORI INFORMATION; RESERVOIR MONITORING; SIGNAL POLARIZATION; SOURCE LOCATION; STRESS CHANGES; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY MODEL; VERTICAL BOREHOLE; WAVE PARTICLES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL FIELDS; POLARIZATION; SEISMOLOGY; SENSORS; WELL STIMULATION; WELLS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ARRIVAL TIME; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONITORING; P-WAVE; PARTICLE MOTION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TRAVEL TIME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EKOFISK FIELD; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77955756943     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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