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Four-dimensional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons; the petrophysical basis
Amos Nur
Four-dimensional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons; the petrophysical basis
Geophysics: The Leading Edge of Exploration (September 1989) 8 (9): 30-36
Four-dimensional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons; the petrophysical basis
Geophysics: The Leading Edge of Exploration (September 1989) 8 (9): 30-36
Index Terms/Descriptors
- applications
- body waves
- cores
- data acquisition
- detection
- elastic waves
- enhanced recovery
- geophysical methods
- geophysical profiles
- in situ
- monitoring
- P-waves
- permeability
- petroleum
- petroleum exploration
- porosity
- remote sensing
- seismic methods
- seismic profiles
- seismic waves
- vertical seismic profiles
- well logs
Abstract
Figure 1, published by M. King Hubbert in 1962 and again in 1969, shows the exploitation of fossil fuels in a historical perspective. According to this graph, about half of the fossil energy on earth is being used up in a period of about 200 years, half of which is by now over.
ISSN: 0732-989X
Serial Title: Geophysics: The Leading Edge of Exploration
Serial Volume: 8
Serial Issue: 9
Title: Four-dimensional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons; the petrophysical basis
Author(s): Nur, Amos
Affiliation: Stanford Univ.,
Stanford, CA,
United States
Pages: 30-36
Published: 198909
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
DOI:
10.1190/1.1439661
Accession Number: 1990-016972
Categories: Economic geology, geology of energy sourcesApplied geophysics
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 2 tables
Source Note: Special issue; the road ahead
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, United States
Update Code: 1990