Parallel simulation of CO2 sequestration with rock deformation in saline aquifers

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 538-559

  Winterfeld, P H ^a   Wu, Y S ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MIXTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; ROCKS; SIMULATORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; COUPLED HYDRO MECHANICALS; HYDRO-MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MASS AND ENERGY CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIAS; PROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS; ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 79957902505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/141514-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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