Brine Displacement and Leakage Detection Using Pressure Measurements in Aquifers Overlying CO2 Storage Reservoirs

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2405-2412

  Chabora, Ethan R ^a   Benson, Sally M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Above zone pressure monitoring; Carbon dioxide storage; Leakage; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-ZONE PRESSURE MONITORING; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BRINE DISPLACEMENT; CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; GENERALIZED CORRELATION; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; INJECTION PARAMETERS; LEAKAGE; LEAKAGE DETECTION; PRESSURE BUILD UP; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; SEQUESTRATION; STORAGE RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFERS; BRINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

MONITORING;

EID: 67650112191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.01.313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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