Residual trapping of CO2 in aquifers during the counter-current flow

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 4213-4228

  Nattwongasem, D ^a   Jessen, K ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GRAVITATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CAPILLARY FORCE; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; LONG-TERM STORAGE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SALINE AQUIFERS; SCALING ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL CO2;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 77950855140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125029-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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