Pressure Buildup During CO2 Injection into a Closed Brine Aquifer

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-397

  Mathias, Simon A ^a   de Miguel, Gerardo J González Martínez ^a,b   Thatcher, Kate E ^a   Zimmerman, Robert W ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ERC Equipoise Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closed formation; CO2 injection; Forchheimer's equation; Pressure buildup

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CAPROCK; CLOSED FORMATION; CRITICAL ISSUES; FORCHHEIMER'S EQUATION; FORMATION FLUIDS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MULTIPLE WELLS; PARAMETER SPACES; PORE SPACE; PRESSURE BUILDUP; ROCK MATERIALS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 80053258673     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9776-z     Document Type: Article

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