Fracture characterization and fluid flow simulation with geomechanical constraints for a CO2-EOR and sequestration project Teapot Dome Oil Field, Wyoming, USA

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3973-3980

  Chiaramonte, Laura ^a   Zoback, Mark ^b   Friedmann, Julio ^a   Stamp, Vicki ^c   Zahm, Chris ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured reservoir; Geomechanics

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENTS; DEPOSITS; DOMES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SANDSTONE;

AVERAGE PERMEABILITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; FRACTURE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION OF CO; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79955403270     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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