Geoengineering and economic assessment of a potential carbon capture and storage site in Southeast Queensland, Australia

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 660-670

  Cinar, Y ^a   Neal, P R ^a   Allinson, W G ^a   Sayers, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELLS;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGES (CCS); ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; FRACTURE GRADIENT; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; INJECTION WELL LOCATIONS; MULTIPHASE FLOW FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC MODEL;

CARBON CAPTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLUID INJECTION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PIPELINE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 71949093663     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/108924-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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