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Abstract

Apart from the environmental impact of subsidence and uplift phenomena induced by fluid injection and/or extraction, recent reservoir optimization techniques ask for timely information about many geophysical parameters, both downhole and on the surface. In particular, surface deformation measurements are lately gaining increasing attention within the reservoir engineer community, which is searching for new monitoring tools to complement seismic surveys. In the last decade, a new remote-sensing technology called PSInSAR™- based on the use of satellite radar data - is receiving an increasing attention, thanks to its capability to provide accurate, large-scale surface deformation measurements. The main advantages of PSInSAR™ data, compared to conventional geodetic networks, are essentially related to the spatial density of measurement points, the temporal frequency of the observations, the precision and the limited cost, at least for the monitoring of large areas. Since the number of radar-mounted satellite platforms is increasing, as well as the accuracy of radar measurements, this source of information will probably become more and more common in projects related to reservoir monitoring and optimization. More in detail, ground deformation measurement can provide valuable information to better understand the fluid/gas flow in the subsurface or to calibrate the geomechanical model of the reservoir/overburden, if properly interpreted and integrated with more conventional data.

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2013-06-10
2024-03-29
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