Geophysical monitoring of the Weyburn CO2 flood: Results during 10 years of injection

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3628-3635

  White, D J ^a   Meadows, M ^b   Cole, S ^b   Ramirez, A ^c   Hao, Y ^c   Carle, S ^c   Duxbury, A ^d   Samson, C ^d   Kendall, J M ^e   Verdon, J P ^e   Dietiker, B ^f   Johnson, J ^g   Morozov, I ^h  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Petroleum Technology Rsearch Centre   (Canada)

^g SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Inversion; Microseismic; Monitoring; Resistitivy; Seismic

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MONITORING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING; INVERSION; MICROSEISMIC; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; RESISTITIVY; SEISMIC; TIME-LAPSE SEISMIC DATA;

MICROSEISMIC MONITORING;

EID: 79955418217     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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