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Seismic survey design in environmentally sensitive regions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
David Nyland
Seismic survey design in environmentally sensitive regions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (in Seismic survey design, William Dragoset (prefacer) and Tim Brice (prefacer))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (October 2004) 23 (10): 1055-1060
Seismic survey design in environmentally sensitive regions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (in Seismic survey design, William Dragoset (prefacer) and Tim Brice (prefacer))
Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK) (October 2004) 23 (10): 1055-1060
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Alaska
- Arctic Coastal Plain
- Arctic region
- arrays
- depth
- design
- environmental effects
- equations
- frequency
- geophysical methods
- hydrocarbons
- Jurassic
- Kingak Shale
- light nonaqueous phase liquids
- Mesozoic
- models
- National Petroleum Reserve Alaska
- noise
- nonaqueous phase liquids
- Northern Alaska
- organic compounds
- permafrost
- petroleum
- petroleum exploration
- pollutants
- pollution
- reflection methods
- seismic methods
- static corrections
- tundra
- United States
- Alpine Field
- snow depth
- Teshekput Lake
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The discovery of Alpine Field has renewed industry interest in oil exploration within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). Apline Field, near the northeast border of the NPRA, is the first commercial production from the Jurassic sands within the Kingak Shale. It is estimated to contain in excess of 400 million barrels of proven reserves and, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the stratigraphic conditions found at Alpine are likely to extend across the northern portion of the NPRA. Over the last several years, geophysical companies have collected 3D seismic data along the expected Alpine trend.
ISSN: 1070-485X
EISSN: 1938-3789
Serial Title: Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)
Serial Volume: 23
Serial Issue: 10
Title: Seismic survey design in environmentally sensitive regions of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Title: Seismic survey design
Affiliation: Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas,
Anchorage, AK,
United States
Affiliation: Western Geophysical,
Houston, TX,
United States
Pages: 1055-1060
Published: 200410
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
DOI:
10.1190/1.1813362
Accession Number: 2005-025995
Categories: Economic geology, geology of energy sourcesApplied geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch map, 1 table, sect.
N68°00'00" - N71°00'00", W162°00'00" - W144°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 200510