Using oxygen isotope ratios to quantitatively assess trapping mechanisms during CO2 injection into geological reservoirs: The Pembina case study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 185-193

  Johnson, G ^a,b   Mayer, B ^a   Nightingale, M ^a   Shevalier, M ^a   Hutcheon, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Isotopes; Oxygen; Reservoir saturation

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON STORAGE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; FREE PHASE; GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIRS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; OBSERVATION WELLS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; PLUME MIGRATION; POINT SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RESERVOIR SATURATION; RESERVOIR WATER; STORAGE SITES; TOTAL OXYGEN; TRAPPING MECHANISMS;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RATING; STRATIGRAPHY; WELLS;

WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID INJECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CARDIUM;

EID: 79953271712     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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