Assessment of fracture connectivity and potential for CO2 migration through the reservoir and lower caprock at the In Salah storage site

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 5299-5305

  Smith, James ^a   Durucan, Sevket ^a   Korre, Anna ^a   Shi, Ji Quan ^a   Sinayuc, Caglar ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; In Salah; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDIUM; SOLVENTS; STRESSES;

CALCULATED VALUES; CEMENTED FRACTURE; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURE LENGTH; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; MODEL POTENTIAL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79955364599     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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