High-quality surface microseismic data illuminates fracture treatments: A case study in the Montney

Leading Edge

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1318-1325

  Birkelo, Bradley ^a   Cieslik, Konrad ^a   Witten, Ben ^a   Montgomery, Summer ^a   Artman, Brad ^a   Miller, David ^b   Norton, Mark ^b  

^a Spectraseis   (Switzerland)

^b Progress Energy Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SURVEYS;

FRACTURE PROCESS; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH QUALITY SURFACE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE STIMULATION; INFORMATION CONTENTS; PROCESSING STRATEGIES; PROPORTION OF ENERGY; REFLECTION SEISMIC;

FRACTURE;

DETECTION METHOD; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SENSORY SYSTEM; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 84894545483     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: 19383789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/tle31111318.1     Document Type: Article

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