Geologic factors controlling CO2 storage capacity and permanence: Case studies based on experience with heterogeneity in oil and gas reservoirs applied to CO2 storage

Environmental Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1619-1633

  Ambrose, W A ^a   Lakshminarasimhan, S ^a   Holtz, M H ^a   Nunez Lopez V ^a   Hovorka, S D ^a   Duncan, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 seals; CO2 sequestration; Facies heterogeneity; Sandbody geometry; US oil and gas reservoirs

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FACIES HETEROGENEITY; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY; PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE; SANDBODY GEOMETRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID FLOW; GAS FIELD; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL FIELD; PERMEABILITY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; SEELIGSON FIELD; STRATTON FIELD; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WEST RANCH FIELD;

EID: 44349154024     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0940-2     Document Type: Article

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