DocumentCode
144248
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
fYear
2014
fDate
13-18 July 2014
Firstpage
4796
Lastpage
4799
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Quebec City, QC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947567
Filename
6947567
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