Stability of CO2-brine immiscible displacement

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-203

  Berg, S ^a   Ott, H ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Porous media; Relative permeability; Sequestration; Stability; Viscous fingering

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FLOODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; ONSET OF INSTABILITIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEQUESTRATION; VISCOUS FINGERING;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

AQUIFER; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84866514574     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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