Effect of Well Orientation (Vertical vs. Horizontal) and Well Length on the Injection of CO2 in Deep Saline Aquifers

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-232

  Okwen, Roland ^a   Stewart, Mark ^b   Cunningham, Jeffrey ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon capture; CCS; Climate change; ECO2N; Global warming; Saline aquifer; Sequestration; TOUGH2

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CCS; ECO2N; SALINE AQUIFERS; SEQUESTRATION; TOUGH2;

ANISOTROPY; AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); WELLS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANISOTROPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ISOTROPY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPOSITORY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 80053565610     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9686-5     Document Type: Article

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