Fracture characterization at Valhall: Application of P-wave amplitude variation with offset and azimuth (AVOA) analysis to a 3D ocean-bottom data set

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 1150-1160

  Hall, Stephen A ^a   Kendall, J Michael ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOODS; FRACTURE TESTING; POROSITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ASPECT RATIO; DATA REDUCTION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HYDROCARBON REFINING; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FRACTURE-INDUCED ANISOTROPY; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE-INDUCED ANISOTROPIES; GEOPHYSICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; OCEANIC CRUST; VARIABLE PERMEABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY; FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; AVO METHOD; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

NORTH SEA; VALHALL FIELD;

EID: 84995292406     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1598107     Document Type: Article

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