Title :
InSAR monitoring of surface deformation induced by steam injection in the Athabasca oil sands, Canada
Author :
Singhroy, V. ; Li, J. ; Samsonov, S. ; Shen, L. ; Pearse, J.
Author_Institution :
Canada Center for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Our RADARSAT 2 InSAR monitoring of four SAGD oil sands sites show high correlation of surface deformation and steam injection. Surface heave is about 2 cm/year in the SAGD sites investigated and is not influenced by the overburden thickness above the productive McMurray Formation.
Keywords :
environmental monitoring (geophysics); oil sands; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Athabasca oil sands; Canada; InSAR monitoring; McMurray Formation; RADARSAT 2 data; SAGD sites; oil sands sites; steam injection; surface deformation; surface heave; Asphalt; Geology; Hydrocarbons; Monitoring; Reservoirs; Surface topography; Surface treatment; InSAR; Oil Sands; RADARSAT 2; SAGD; Surface deformation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947567
