CO2 storage in the offshore UK Bunter Sandstone Formation

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-219

  Heinemann, Niklas ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Pickup, Gillian E ^b   Haszeldine, R Stuart ^a   Cutler, Nick A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bunter Sandstone; Injection pressure; North Sea; Seal lithology; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SANDSTONE; SEALS;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; HYDROCARBON FIELDS; INJECTION PRESSURES; NORTH SEA; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; STORAGE CAPACITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID INJECTION; GAS STORAGE; GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PRESSURE; SEALING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84855419174     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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