Measurements of the capillary trapping of super-critical carbon dioxide in Berea sandstone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Pentland, Christopher H ^a   El Maghraby, Rehab ^a   Iglauer, Stefan ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON DIOXIDE; MERCURY (METAL); PARAFFINS; SANDSTONE; WETTING;

AIR SYSTEMS; BEREA SANDSTONE; CAPILLARY FORCE; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COREFLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; N-DECANE; NON-WETTING; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPLACEMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SANDSTONE; SATURATION;

BEREA; LESOTHO;

EID: 79952980416     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046683     Document Type: Article

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