Experimental assessment of brine and/or CO2 leakage through well cements at reservoir conditions

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-501

  Bachu, Stefan ^a   Bennion, D Brant ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Cement cracks; CO2 and brine leakage; Effective permeability; Laboratory experiments; Well cements

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENTS; CRACKS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL CEMENTING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WELL CEMENTING;

ANNULAR FLOWS; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; INTERNAL INTERFACES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 67349086871     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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