Determining CO2/brine relative permeability and capillary threshold pressures for reservoir rocks and caprocks: Recommendations for development of standard laboratory protocols

Energy Procedia

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 6053-6060

  Busch, Andreas ^a   Müller, Nadja ^a,b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b CO2CRC Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Capillary threshold pressure; Carbon capture project; Relative permeability

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON CAPTURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; LABORATORY PROTOCOLS; MATHEMATICAL RELATION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL STORAGE SITES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; THRESHOLD PRESSURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955443943     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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