Rock physics analysis and time-lapse rock imaging of geochemical effects due to the injection of CO2 into reservoir rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Vanorio, Tiziana ^a   Nur, Amos ^a   Ebert, Yael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Permeability; Reservoir characterization; Rock physics; Seismic attributes; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; TIME LAPSE SEISMIC MONITORING; TIME-LAPSE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTY; HOST ROCK; IMAGE RESOLUTION; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK MECHANICS; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857488873     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2010-0390.1     Document Type: Article

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