CO2 injectivity into brine aquifers: Why relative permeability matters as much as absolute permeability

Energy Procedia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3091-3098

  Burton, McMillan ^a   Kumar, Navanit ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional flow; Geologic storage; Injectivity; Relative permeability; Well count

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; ACHIEVABLE RATE; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BOTTOM - HOLE PRESSURE; CLASSICAL THEORY; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; DISSOLVED SALT; DRY ROCKS; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW; GEOLOGIC STORAGE; INJECTION RATES; INJECTION WELLS; INJECTIVITY; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; PRESSURE WELLS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SUPERCRITICAL CO2; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; DRYING; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLAR RADIATION; TARGETS; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 67650224799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18766102     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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