Numerical modeling of aquifer disposal of CO2

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EPA/DOE Exploration and Production Environmental Conference 2001, EPEC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Pruess, Karsten ^a   Xu, Tianfu ^a   Apps, John ^a   Garcia, Julio ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATES; DENSITY OF GASES; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FOSSIL FIRED POWER PLANTS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; MINERAL ALTERATIONS; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SEQUESTRATION OF CO2; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; TWO-PHASE FLUID SYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 51049099713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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