Numerical Simulation of CO2 Leakage through Abandoned Wells: Model for an Abandoned Site with Observed Gas Migration in Alberta, Canada

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3625-3632

  Pawar, Rajesh J ^a   Watson, Theresa L ^b   Gable, Carl W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b T L Watson and Associates Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; CO2 sequestration; modeling; multiphase flow; Type your keywords here, separated by semicolons; wellbore leakage

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; MODELING; TYPE YOUR KEYWORDS HERE, SEPARATED BY SEMICOLONS; WELLBORE LEAKAGE;

BORING; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; MULTIPLE ZONES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POROUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATORS; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 67650148457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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