A contribution to risk analysis for leakage through abandoned wells in geological CO2 storage

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 867-879

  Kopp, Andreas ^c   Binning, P J ^a   Johannsen, K ^b   Helmig, R ^c   Class, H ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 storage; Leakage; Multiphase flow; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; AVERAGE RISK; CO2 STORAGE; HEALTH , SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTS; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; INJECTION WELLS; LEAKAGE; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL RISKS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE SYSTEMS; SUBSURFACE RESERVOIR;

HEALTH RISKS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL;

EID: 77954958404     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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