| Title | Ground deformation due to steam assisted gravity drainage and cyclic steam stimulation observed by Radarsat-2 in Alberta's oil sands |
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| Author | Samsonov, S ;
Czarnogorska, M |
| Source | 2014 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, proceedings; by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; 2014 p. 883-885, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946566 |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20150082 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Meeting | IGARSS Symposium; Quebec City; CA; July 13-18, 2014 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Ground deformation due to
steam-assisted gravity drainage and cyclic steam stimulation observed by RADARSAT-2 in Alberta's oil sands |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Alberta |
| NTS | 73L; 73M; 74D; 74E/01; 74E/02; 74E/03; 74E/04; 74E/05; 74E/06; 74E/07; 74E/08; 83I/07; 83I/08; 83I/09; 83I/10; 83I/15; 83I/16; 83P/01; 83P/02; 83P/07; 83P/08; 83P/09; 83P/10; 83P/15; 83P/16; 84A/01; 84A/02;
84A/07; 84A/08; 84A/09; 84A/10; 84A/15; 84A/16; 84H/01; 84H/02; 84H/07; 84H/08 |
| Area | Athabasca River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -113.0000 -110.0000 57.5000 54.2500 |
| Subjects | geophysics; fossil fuels; structural geology; remote sensing; satellite imagery; enhanced recovery; structural features; deformation; oil sands; RADARSAT-2; DInSAR |
| Illustrations | satellite images; block diagrams; cross-sections |
| Program | Remote Sensing Science |
| Released | 2014 07 01 |
| Abstract | Ground deformation in Alberta's oil sand in Canada was observed with RADARSAT-2 Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR). Canadian RADARSAT-2 satellite is capable of acquiring SAR
data with 24 day repeat cycle with beams of various resolution, coverage and polarization. In this work we used data from various RADARSAT-2 beams acquired over the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and the Cyclic Steam Simulation (CSS) enhanced
oil recovery mining sites. We employed the Small Baseline Subset (SBAS) technique for measuring linear deformation rates and time series of deformation when coherence of individual interferograms was favorable. In case of very fast deformation
observed at some sites the accurate phase unwrapping for a large number of interferograms was impossible so for these sites we computed individual interferograms only. Presented here results demonstrate that CSS enhanced oil recovery method produces
significantly larger ground deformation than SAGD method. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Ground deformation over oil sand sites in Alberta, Canada, was observed with Canadian RADARSAT-2 satellite. The satellite is capable of acquiring images
with 24 day repeat cycle with beams of various specifications. In this work we used images with three various specifications. We employed satellite radar technique for measuring deformation rates and time series of deformation. Our results are useful
to estimate an impact of oil sands exploitation on the environment and infrastructure. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 296561 |
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