Direct correlation of 4D seismic with well activity for a clarified dynamic reservoir interpretation

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-312

  Huang, Yi ^a   MacBeth, Colin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D seismics; Stable state; Well activity

Indexed keywords

4D SEISMIC; 4D SEISMICS; CONNECTED REGION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-CORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC INTERPRETATION; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FAULT BLOCKS; FIELD DATA; FLUID VOLUMES; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; STABLE STATE; SYNTHETIC DATASETS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME SEQUENCES; WELL DATA; WELL GROUP; WELL PRODUCTION;

WELLS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL WELL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84863015360     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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