Monitoring and simulation studies for assessing macro- and meso-scale migration of CO2 sequestered in an onshore aquifer: Experiences from the Nagaoka pilot site, Japan

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-137

  Sato, Kozo ^a   Mito, Saeko ^b   Horie, Tadashi ^c   Ohkuma, Hiroshi ^d   Saito, Hideki ^e   Watanabe, Jiro ^f   Yoshimura, Tsukasa ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RITE   (Japan)

^c INPEX CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d 1 7 3 Kachidoki   (Japan)

^e OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^g 1 4 6 Nishi Shinbashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 storage; Fluid sampling.; Monitoring; Onshore aquifer; Simulation; Well logging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MONITORING; WELL LOGGING;

CO2 STORAGE; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; FLUID SAMPLING; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINMENT; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; SANDSTONE; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGAOKA; NIIGATA;

EID: 78650992169     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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