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Differences in the gravity field with time reflect changes in the reservoir fluid densities. Preliminary field tests at Prudhoe Bay indicates survey accuracy of 5-10 mu Gal can be achieved for gravity data using a modified Lacoste &amp; Romberg \"G\" type meter or Scintrex CG-3M combined with the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS). Forward gravity modeling predicts variations in surface measurements of 100 mu Gal after 5 years of water injection, and 180-250 mu Gal after 15 years. We use a constrained least-squares method to invert synthetic gravity data for subsurface density distributions. The modeling procedure has been formulated and coded to allow testing of the models for sensitivity to gravity sampling patterns, noise types, and various constraints on model parameters such as density, total mass, and moment of inertia. Horizontal-feature resolution of the waterflood is about 5000 ft (1520 m) for constrained inverse models from synthetic gravity with 5 mu Gal standard deviation (SD) noise. The inversion method can account for total mass of injected water to within a few percent. Worst-case scenarios result from inversion of gravity data which are contaminated by high levels (greater than 10-15 mu Gal SD) of spatially correlated noise, in which case the total mass estimate from inverse models may over or underestimate the mass by 10-20%. 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