Comparison of brine production scenarios for geologic carbon sequestration operations

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Carbon Management Technology Conference 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 450-460

  Bandilla, K W ^a   Court, B ^a   Elliot, T R ^a   Celia, M A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AREA OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS; CONCENTRATED BRINES; CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; DEEP SALINE FORMATIONS; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 84861008131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7122/151250-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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