Applying method of characteristics to model the flow of compressible CO 2 in aquifers

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western Regional Meeting 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 886-908

  Moghanloo, Rouzbeh Ghanbarnezhad ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWTHROUGH; GAS SATURATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; INJECTION WELLS; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PERMEABLE MEDIA; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION MODEL; STORAGE CAPACITY; TWO-COMPONENT; WAVE VELOCITY;

AQUIFERS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84861624833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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