Fractured reservoir characterisation using multi-azimuthal walkaway VSPs

1998 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Horne, S A ^a   McGarrity, J P ^b   Sayers, C M ^a   Smith, R L ^b   Wijnands, F ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE CHARACTERISATION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOPHONE ARRAY; RESERVOIR FRACTURES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; TOOL SETTINGS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85088772172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1820236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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