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Kansas Geological Survey--Annual Report 2005
4D high-resolution seismic-reflection monitoring of miscible CO2 injected into a carbonate reservoir. This six-year project is designed to create a time-lapse map of carbon dioxide (CO2) movement and containment after it is injected into a carbonate reservoir. Research is being conducted in the Hall-Gurney oil field in Russell County. The CO2 is used to recover oil still trapped underground after drilling and secondary water-flooding methods have been employed. Besides determining the effectiveness of CO2 injections as a method to recover oil, the study provides insight into the ability of rocks, such as limestone, to effectively contain CO2 once it is injected. In 2005 Survey scientists acquired the sixth and seventh 3D surveys. A refined 4D-time-lapse seismic data-processing flow has been established and is being applied to all 4D-seismic datasets for quantitative analysis. The project is to be completed in 2009.
Other projects:
Carbon dioxide miscible flooding.
Chopra, S., Chemingui, N., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Introduction to this special section--Carbonates: Leading Edge, v. 24, no. 5, p. 488-489.
Hunter, J. A., Pullan, S. E., Good, R. L., Burns, R. A., Douma, M., Miller, R. D., Park, C. B., and Xia, J., 2005, Measuring sub-seabottom seismic velocities--some unusual experiments: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) 2005 Annual Meeting of EEGS, April 3-7, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 370-386.
Ivanov, J., Miller, R. D., Ballard, R. F., Dunbar, J. B., and Smullen, S., 2005, Time-lapse seismic study of levees in southern Texas [exp. abs.]: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 1,121-1,124.
Ivanov, J., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., and Steeples, D. W., 2005, The inverse problem of refraction travel times, part II: Quantifying refraction nonuniqueness using a three-layer model: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 162, no. 3, p. 461-477.
Ivanov, J., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Steeples, D. W., and Park, C. B., 2005, The inverse problem of refraction traveltimes, part I: Types of geophysical nonuniqueness through minimization: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 162, no. 3, p. 447-459.
Ivanov, J., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., and Steeples, D. W., 2005, The inverse problem of refraction traveltimes, part II: Quantifying refraction nonuniqueness using a three-layer model: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 162, no. 3, p. 461-477.
Ivanov, J., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Steeples, D. W., and Park, C. B., 2005, The inverse problem of refraction travel times, part I: Types of geophysical nonuniqueness through minimization: Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 162, no. 3, p. 447-459.
Ivanov, J., Park, C. B., Miller, R. D., and Xia, J., 2005, Analyzing and filtering surface-wave energy by muting shot gathers: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, v. 10, no. 3, p. 307-321.
Ivanov, J., Park, C. B., Miller, R. D., and Xia, J., 2005, Analyzing and filtering surface-wave energy by muting shot gathers: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 10, no. 3, p. 307-322.
Kaufmann, R. D., Xia, J., Benson, R. C., Yuhr, L. B., Casto, D. W., and Park, C. B., 2005, Evaluation of MASW data acquired with a hydrophone streamer in a shallow marine environment: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 10, no. 2, p. 87-98.
Lambrecht, J. L., Miller, R. D., and Durrant, S., 2005, Time-lapse high-resolution seismic imaging of a catastrophic salt dissolution sinkhole in central Kansas: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2005), Atlanta, Georgia, April 3-7, p. 943-951.
Liu, J., Xia, J., Chen, C., and Zhang, G., 2005, Accurate elevation and normal moveout corrections of seismic reflection data on rugged topography: Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v. 48, no. 4, p. 707-716.
Miller, R. D., Chopra, S., and Chemingui, N., 2005, Carbonates: The Leading Edge, Special Issue, May (v. 24, no. 5), lead special issue editor.
Miller, R. D., Ivanov, J., Markiewicz, R. D., and O'Connell, D., 2005, Estimating vibration response of East Canyon Dam, Utah, from P-, S-, and surface-wave measurements: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2005), Atlanta, Georgia, April 3-7, p. 1,025-1,032.
Miller, R. D., Ivanov, J., Steeples, D. W., Watney, W. L., and Rademacker, T. R., 2005, Unique near-surface seismic-reflection characteristics within an abandoned salt-mine well field, Hutchinson, Kansas [exp. abs.]: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 1,041-1,044.
Miller, R. D., Villella, A., Xia, J., and Steeples, D. W., 2005, Seismic investigation of a salt dissolution feature in Kansas; in, Near-Surface Geophysics, Dwain K. Butler, ed.: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Investigations in Geophysics, no. 13, p. 681-694.
Miller, R. D., Xia, J., and Park, C.B., 2005, Seismic techniques to delineate dissolution features (karst) at a proposed power plant site; in, Near-Surface Geophysics, Dwain K. Butler, ed.: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Investigations in Geophysics, no. 13, p. 663-679.
Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Steeples, D., Black, R., and Tsoflias, G., 2005, Applied research in high-resolution seismic reflection at KU: EEGS Publication, Fast Times, v. 10, no. 1, p. 26-27.
Park, C. B., 2005, Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) - An overview: Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society, v. 6, no. 2, p. 99-105.
Park, C. B., 2005, Shear-wave velocity profiling by the surface-wave (MASW) method: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2005), Atlanta, Georgia, April 3-7, published on CD ROM.
Park, C. B., and Miller, R. D., 2005, MASW for quantifying change in shear wave velocity after deep dynamic compaction at a Soil Site: Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society, v. 6, no. 4, p. 245-259.
Park, C. B., Miller, R. D., Ryden, N., Xia, J., and Ivanov, J., 2005, Combined use of active and passive surface waves: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, v. 10, no. 3, p. 323-334.
Park, C. B., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., and Ivanov, J., 2005, Multichannel analysis of passive surface waves--Modeling and processing schemes: Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers Conference, Austin, Texas, January 23-26.
Park, C. B., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Ivanov, J., Sonnichsen, G. V., Hunter, J. A., Good, R. L., Burns R. A., and Christian, H., 2005, Underwater MASW to evaluate stiffness of water-bottom sediments: The Leading Edge, v. 24, no. 7, p. 724-728.
Penumadu, D., and Park, C. B., 2005, Multichannel analysis of surface wave (MASW) method for geotechnical site characterization: Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers Conference, Austin, Texas, January 23-26.
Rademacker, T. R., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Black, R., and Tsoflias, G., 2005, Enhancing the vibroseis technique through equipment noise reduction and optimizing the weighted sum signal (exp. abs.): Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 33-36.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., Franseen, E. K., Watney, W. L., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, A new approach for weak time-lapse anomaly detection using seismic attributes - Geology and production data integrated monitoring of miscible EOR-CO2 flood in carbonates (exp. abs.): Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 2,426-2,429.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, Rock physics and seismic modeling guided application of 4D-seismic attributes to monitoring enhanced oil recovery CO2-flood in a thin carbonate reservoir, Hall Gurney field, Kansas, U.S.A.: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Proceedings of Annual Meeting, June 19-22, 2005, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 6 p.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Franseen, E. K., Byrnes, A. P., Watney, W. L., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, 4D seismic to image a thin carbonate reservoir during a miscible CO2 flood, Hall-Gurney field, Kansas, USA: Leading Edge, v. 24, no. 5, p. 521-526.
Ryden, N., and Park, C. B., 2005, Seismic joint analysis for non-destructive testing of asphalt and concrete slabs: Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers Conference, Austin, Texas, January 23-26.
Xia, J., and Xu, Y., 2005, Discussion on some practical equations with implications to high-frequency surface-wave techniques: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) 2005 Annual Meeting of EEGS, April 3-7, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 1,089-1,104.
Xia, J., Chen, C., Tian, G., Miller, R. D., and Ivanov, J., 2005, Resolution of high-frequency Rayleigh-wave data: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 10, no. 2, p. 99-110.
Xia, J., Doll, W. E., Miller, R. D., Gamey, T. J., and Emond, A. M., 2005, A moving hum filter to suppress rotor noise in high-resolution airborne magnetic data: Geophysics, v. 70, no. 4, p. G69-G76.
Xia, J., Geier, N. A., Miller, R. D., and Tapie, C. R., 2005, Orthogonal vibroseis sweeps: Geophysical Prospecting, v. 53, no. 5, p. 677-688.
Xia, J., Xu, Y., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Imaging dispersive energy by slant stacking (exp. abs.): Society of Exploration Geophysicists, p. 1,061-1,064.
Xu, Y., and Xia, J., 2005, Application of multi-channel electrical method in investigation of hydraulic channels in Qiu Jia Wan main dike of the Yangtze River, China: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) 2005 Annual Meeting of EEGS, April 3-7, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 544-554.
Abstracts and Book Reviews
Harbaugh, J. W., Merriam, D. F., and Xia, J., 2005, Meteor impact features in Kansas? Why not? The Edgerton Structure may be one (abs.): Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Research Conference, The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts, Springfield, Missouri, May 21-22, 2005.
Miller, R. D., Raef, A. E., Byrnes, A. P., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, 4-D seismic--Application for CO2 sequestration assurances (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midcontinent Section meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 10-13.
Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Harding, R. S., and Steeples, D. W., 2005, High-resolution seismic investigation of a surface collapse feature at Weeks Island Salt Dome, Louisiana (abs.): 2005 Joint Assembly, The American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, May 23-27, published on CD.
Park, C. B., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Roadside passive MASW (abs.): Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2006), Seattle, Washington, April 2-6, 2006.
Rademacker, T., Miller, R. D., Xia, J., Black, R., and Tsoflias, G., 2005, Enhancing the vibroseis technique through equipment noise reduction and optimizing the weighted sum signal: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Technical Program with Biographies, 74th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, p. 33-36.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., Franseen, E. K., Watney, W. L., and Harrison, W. B., 2005, A new approach for weak time-lapse anomaly detection using seismic attributes--Geology and production data integrated monitoring of miscible EOR-CO2 flood in carbonates: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Expanded Abstracts.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, Impact of improved seismic resolution and signal-to-noise ratio on monitoring pore-fluid composition changes--CO2-injection, Hall-Gurney field, Kansas, USA (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Conference, April 9-12, 2006, Houston, Texas.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., Harrison, W. E., and Franseen, E. K., 2005, Rock physics and seismic modeling guided application of 4-D seismic attributes to monitoring enhanced oil recovery CO2,-flood in a thin carbonate reservoir, Hall Gurney field, Kansas, U.S.A.: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2005 Annual Convention, Abstracts Volume, p. A114.
Ryden, N., Lowe, M. J. S., Cawley, P., and Park, C. B., 2005, Non-contact surface wave measurements on pavements using microphones (abs.): Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2006), Seattle, Washington, April 2-6, 2006.
Watney, W. L., Franseen, E. K., Byrnes, A. P., Miller, R. D., and Raef, A. E., 2005, Comparison of seismically imaged Pennsylvanian ooid shoal geometries with modern--Implications for reservoir heterogeneity and lithofacies distribution (abs.): 26th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Conference, Houston, Texas, December 3-6, 2006.
Watney, W. L., Franseen, E. K., Byrnes, A. P., Miller, R. D., Raef, A. E., Reeder, S. L., and Rankey, E. C., 2005, Characterization of seismically imaged Pennsylvanian ooid shoal geometries and comparison with modern (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Conference, April 9-12, 2006, Houston, Texas.
Xia, J., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Applications of integrated geophysical survey in defining subsidence features on a golf course: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) Annual Meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS), April 2-6, 2006, Seattle, Washington, 1 p.
Xia, J., Nyquist, J. E., and Xu, Y., 2005, Feasibility of detecting voids with Rayleigh-wave diffraction: Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) Annual Meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS), April 2-6, 2006, Seattle, Washington, 1 p.
Xia, J., Xu, Y., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Current development of estimation of near-surface elastic moduli by analysis of Rayleigh waves: 2005 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, May 23-27, 2005, available on CD.
Xia, J., Xu, Y., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Imaging dispersive energy by slant stacking: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 75th Annual Meeting, Technical Program with Biographies, Houston, TX, p. 1,061-1,064.
Xia, J., Xu, Y., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Current development of estimation of near-surface elastic moduli by analysis of Rayleigh waves (abs.): 2005 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, May 23-27, published on CD.
Xu, Y., Xia, J., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Finite-difference modeling of high-frequency Rayleigh waves: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 75th Annual Meeting, Technical Program with Biographies, Houston, TX, p. 1,057-1,060.
Open-file Reports
Laflen, D. R., and Miller, R. D., 2005, 2005 annual water level data collection report for Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-55.
Miller, R. D., and Ivanov, J., 2005, Seismic tests on IBWC levees--Weslaco, Texas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-56.
Miller, R. D., Ivanov, J., and Lambrecht, J. L., 2005, Seismic study at East Canyon Dam, Utah: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-18.
Miller, R. D., Raef, A. E., Byrnes, A. P., and Harrison, W. E., 2005, Technical progress report, year 2, and plan for year 3--4-D high-resolution seismic reflection monitoring of miscible CO2 injected into a carbonate reservoir: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-32.
Park, C. B., 2005, MASW-horizontal resolution in 2D shear-velocity (Vs) mapping: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-4.
Park, C. B., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Seismic characterization of wind turbine sites near Lawton, Oklahoma, by the MASW method: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-22.
Park, C. B., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Seismic characterization of wind turbine sites in Kansas by the MASW method: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-23.
Raef, A. E., Miller, R. D., Byrnes, A. P., Harrison, W. E., and Franseen, E. K., 2005, Time-lapse seismic monitoring of enhanced oil recovery CO2-flood in a thin carbonate reservoir, Hall-Gurney field, Kansas, U.S.A.: Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 22; Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-24, 7 p.
Xia, J., and Miller, R. D., 2005, Applications of integrated geophysical surveys in mapping the subsurface to a depth of 80 ft at a landfill in Salina, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 2005-21, 32 p.
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