Active CO 2 reservoir management for CO 2 capture, utilization, and storage: An approach to improve CO 2 storage capacity and to reduce risk

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Carbon Management Technology Conference 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1066-1083

  Buscheck, T A ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Chen, M ^a   Hao, Yue ^a   Wolery, T J ^a   Friedmann, S J ^a   Aines, R D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VALUES; FLUID MIGRATION; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT; INJECTIVITY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; PRESSURE BUILD UP; SALINE FORMATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE OPERATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84861014768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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