Modeling brine leakage to shallow aquifer through an open wellbore using T2WELL/ECO2N

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 393-401

  Hu, Litang ^a   Pan, Lehua ^b   Zhang, Keni ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine leakage; Coupled wellbore reservoir model; Equivalent Porous Media; Excess pore pressure (EPP); T2WELL ECO2N; Wellbore flow

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

EQUIVALENT POROUS MEDIAS; EXCESS PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR MODELING; T2WELL/ECO2N; WELLBORE FLOW;

OIL WELLS;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LEAKAGE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; SALINITY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 84861585945     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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