Caprock interaction with CO2: A laboratory study of reactivity of shale with supercritical CO2 and brine

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1975-1989

  Alemu, Binyam L ^a   Aagaard, Per ^a   Munz, Ingrid Anne ^b,d   Skurtveit, Elin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d Norges forskningsrad   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; BATCH REACTIONS; CAPROCK; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; CRUSHED ROCK; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUID ANALYSIS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NACL SOLUTION; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; RE-PRECIPITATION; REACTING FLUIDS; RELEASE RATE; SMECTITES; STORAGE CONDITION; STORAGE SITES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SVALBARD; TOTAL PRESSURE; WATER/ROCK RATIO; XRD;

BATCH REACTORS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; SHALE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZEOLITES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; METAL; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALOGY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SHALE; SILICATE; SMECTITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARCTIC; LONGYEARBYEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 82155191278     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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