3-D seismic imaging and interpretation of Brushy Canyon slope and basin thin-bed reservoirs, northwest Delaware Basin

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 1507-1519

  Hardage, B A ^a   Simmons Jr , J L ^a   Pendleton, V M ^b   Stubbs, B A ^c   Uszynski, B J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Integrity Geophysics   (United States)

^c Pecos Petroleum Engineering Inc ^*  (United States)

^d APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brushy Canyon; Hydrocarbon reservoir; New Mexico; Oil production; Seismic method; United States

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMAGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPLEX DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC METHOD;

BRUSHY CANYON; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85000330638     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444447     Document Type: Article

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