Temporal variations in near-wellbore pressures during CO2 injection in saline aquifers

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1140-1148

  Okwen, Roland T ^a   Stewart, Mark T ^b   Cunningham, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Buoyancy; Carbon capture and storage; Permeability; Pressure history

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; BUOYANCY; CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPRESSIBILITY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PHASE SEPARATION; SALINE WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; FLUID PROPERTY; GEOMECHANICAL STUDIES; PERMEABILITY ANISOTROPY; PRESSURE HISTORY; SALINE AQUIFERS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

ANISOTROPY; CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; FLUID INJECTION; GEOMECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 80052550542     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.07.011     Document Type: Review

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