Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of carbon dioxide injection for enhanced gas-recovery (CO 2-EGR): A benchmarking study for code comparison

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 549-561

  Hou, Zhengmeng ^a,b,c   Gou, Yang ^b,c   Taron, Joshua ^d   Gorke, Uwe Jens ^d   Kolditz, Olaf ^d,e  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Energie Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO 2 EGR; CO 2 storage; OpenGeoSys; Thermo hydro mechanical modeling; TOUGH FLAC

Indexed keywords

CAPROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; CODE COMPARISONS; COMPRESSIONAL; ENHANCED GAS RECOVERIES; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS RECOVERY; GAS RESERVOIR; INJECTION RATES; INTEGRATED CODES; MULTI-PURPOSE; OPENGEOSYS; PRESSURE RISE; PRODUCTION WELLS; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; RESERVOIR STRESS; SHEAR FAILURE; SIMULATION PROCESS; STORAGE PRESSURES; STRESS PATHS; STRESS REGIME; TENSION FAILURE; TOUGH-FLAC;

RECOVERY; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FRACTURE; GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTROPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESERVOIR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 84865815569     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1703-2     Document Type: Article

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