Modeling of Rocks and Cement Alteration due to CO2 Injection in an Exploited Gas Reservoir

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-200

  Geloni, Claudio ^a   Giorgis, Thomas ^a   Battistelli, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAIPEM S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cement alteration; Geological storage; Reactive transport modeling; TOUGHREACT simulator; Wellbore integrity

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CAPROCK; CEMENT SHEATH; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; FIELD DATA; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS CONTROL; GAS LEAKAGES; GAS RESERVOIR; GASPHASE; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; INJECTIVITY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NATURAL GAS RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROLLING; REACTIVE GAS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; TOUGHREACT; WELLBORE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; NATURAL GAS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL CEMENTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATORS; WATER INJECTION;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEMENT; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; ROCK PROPERTY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 80053573002     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9714-0     Document Type: Article

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