Natural helium as a screening tool for assessing caprock imperfections at geologic CO2 storage sites

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2903-2910

  Heath, Jason ^a   McPherson, Brian ^b   Phillips, Fred ^a   Cooper, Scott ^c   Dewersd, Thomas ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Cooper Geological Consulting LLC ^*  (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caprock; CO2 storage; Fractures; Helium; Isotopes; Leakage; Preferential flow path; Seal by pass; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CAPROCK; CO2 STORAGE; LEAKAGE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW PATH; TRACERS;

CAPILLARITY; COAL DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; LOCATION; METHANE; RADIOACTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HELIUM;

EID: 67650163991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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