Published 1991 | Version v1
Book

4-D tomographic monitoring of enhanced oil recovery

  • 1. Halliburton Geophysical Services Inc. (United States)
  • 2. Texas Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)

Description

One application of tomography that has recently received considerable attention is reservoir monitoring for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Tomographic monitoring of a moving steam front uses the significant decrease in compressional wave velocity that occurs as hydrocarbon temperature increases. The purposes of this paper are to present a working algorithm for 3-D tomography, to demonstrate the feasibility of 3-D imaging of a simulated reservoir in which the position of a steam front changes with time, and to illustrate the relations between survey geometry and the resolution of the target

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
Imprint Place
Tulsa, OK (United States)
Imprint Title
Expanded abstracts with biographies of the 1991 technical program
Imprint Pagination
1707 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 367-370.

Conference

Title
61. annual international Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) meeting.
Dates
10-14 Nov 1991.
Place
Houston, TX (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-911119--.