Leakage characterization through above-zone pressure monitoring: 1-Inversion approach

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-106

  Zeidouni, Mehdi ^a   Pooladi Darvish, Mehran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEKETE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Above zone pressure monitoring; Inversion; Leakage characterization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFINING LAYERS; CONSTANT RATE; CORRELATION MATRIX; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FLOW TESTS; HESSIAN MATRICES; INJECTED FLUIDS; INVERSE METHODOLOGY; INVERSION; LEAKAGE CHARACTERIZATION; MONITORING WELLS; PRESSURE DATA; PRESSURE MONITORING; PRESSURE TESTS; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CHARACTERIZATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MINERAL RESOURCES; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CAP ROCK; FLUID INJECTION; INVERSE PROBLEM; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 84868323384     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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