Simulation of CO2 distribution at the In Salah storage site using high-resolution field-scale models

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3730-3737

  Cavanagh, Andrew ^a   Ringrose, Philip ^b,c  

^a Permedia Research Group   (Canada)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c In Salah Gas CO2 Joint Industry Project   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fractures; Invasion percolation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLVENTS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEEP SALINE FORMATIONS; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HORIZONTAL INJECTION WELLS; INVASION PERCOLATION; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955377412     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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