Estimating maximum sustainable injection pressure during geological sequestration of CO2 using coupled fluid flow and geomechanical fault-slip analysis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1798-1807

  Rutqvist, J ^a   Birkholzer, J ^a   Cappa, F ^a   Tsang, C F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caprock integrity; CO2 injection; Fault slip; Geological CO2 sequestration; geomechanics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

CAPROCK INTEGRITY; DISCRETE FAULT ANALYSIS; FLUID PRESSURE; GEOLOGICAL CO2 SEQUESTRATION; GEOMECHANICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 34247584122     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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