Fracture healing and transport properties of wellbore cement in the presence of supercritical CO2

Chemical Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 195-210

  Liteanu, E ^a   Spiers, C J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cement carbonation; CO2 storage; Fracture healing; Wellbore cement

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTIONS; CARBONATION DEPTH; CEMENT CARBONATION; CEMENT PLUGS; CEMENT SAMPLE; CLASS A; CO2 STORAGE; CONFINED CONDITION; CONFINING PRESSURES; FRACTURE HEALING; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HIGH PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; REACTION FRONT; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SATURATED SOLUTIONS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; WELLBORE;

CARBONATION; FRACTURE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PORTLAND CEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

REACTION RATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEMENT; CONFINING PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 79551591469     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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