Experimental measurement of, and controls on, permeability and permeability anisotropy of caprocks from the CO2 storage project at the Krechba Field, Algeria

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Armitage, P J ^a   Faulkner, D R ^a   Worden, R H ^a   Aplin, A C ^b   Butcher, A R ^c   Iliffe, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FEI Australia   (Australia)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY MINERAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY;

ALGERIA;

EID: 84055197734     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008385     Document Type: Article

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