Detecting leakage of brine or CO2 through abandoned wells in a geological sequestration operation using pressure monitoring wells

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3620-3627

  Nogues, Juan P ^a   Nordbotten, Jan M ^a,b   Celia, Michael A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abandoned wells; Leakage detection

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLS;

DESIGN STRATEGIES; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; LEAKAGE DETECTION; OBSERVATION WELLS; PRESSURE MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 79955386150     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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