Role of Convective Mixing in the Long-Term Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Formations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2521-2532

  Ennis King, Jonathan ^a   Paterson, Lincoln ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; VISCOSITY;

ENERGY SOURCES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR);

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142277186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84344-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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