• 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