Well blowout rates and consequences in California Oil and Gas District 4 from 1991 to 2005: Implications for geological storage of carbon dioxide

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1103-1123

  Jordan, Preston D ^a   Benson, Sally M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Geological carbon dioxide storage; Thermally enhanced oil recovery; Well blowout; Well leakage

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGICAL CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; GEOLOGICAL STORAGES; IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES; NATURAL-GAS STORAGES; OIL AND GAS; PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES; SAFETY CULTURES; STEAM INJECTIONS; STORAGE FIELDS; THERMALLY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; WELL CONSTRUCTIONS;

BLOWOUTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GAS INDUSTRY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

BLOWOUT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GAS STORAGE; LEAKAGE; OIL FIELD; OIL PRODUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349172494     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1403-0     Document Type: Article

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