Experimental study of CO2 injection into saline formations

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 588-594

  Cinar, Y ^a   Riaz, A ^a   Tchelepi, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; INJECTION PROCESS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETER RANGE; PERCOLATION THEORY; SALINE FORMATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 76349117729     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110628-PA     Document Type: Article

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