CO2 source-sink matching in the lower 48 United States, with examples from the Texas Gulf Coast and Permian Basin

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1537-1551

  Ambrose, W A ^a   Breton, C ^a   Holtz, M H ^a,b   Nunez Lopez V ^a,c   Hovorka, S D ^a   Duncan, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geology; GIS; Global warming; Petroleum geology; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; EAST TEXAS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; GIS; GULF COAST; LONG-TERM POTENTIAL; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; PERMIAN; PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE; POINT SOURCES; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SOURCE-SINK; SPATIAL LINKAGES; US GULF COAST;

AQUIFERS; EARTH SCIENCES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WATER RESOURCES;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM; POINT SOURCE; SANDSTONE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650089780     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1430-x     Document Type: Article

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