You can almost feel the production - joint venture offers improved enhanced oil recovery technology - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

World Oil, May, 2000 by Perry A. Fischer

The 3-D/3-C VSP data were simultaneously acquired with a surface 3-D/3-C survey using dynamite sources and PanCanadian's patented MegaBin land-acquisition technique. All seismic data were collected to provide baseline measurements for a planned 4-D seismic program for a large-scale, horizontal-well, [CO.sub.2]-flood project, commencing in October 2000.

Using proprietary processing software, the first prestack-depth-migrated 3-D image was generated in the field, nearly simultaneous with recording the last shot. The final prestack-depth image was delivered to PanCanadian six weeks after the survey was completed. Reservoir features--including faults and pinch outs--were evident on a much smaller scale than occurs from using surface-seismic methods. Preliminary results show that the frequencies (175-200 Hz) recorded should allow for 5-m resolution in the final images.