Common attributes of hydraulically fractured oil and gas production and CO2 geological sequestration

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 352-368

  Nicot, Jean Philippe ^a   Duncan, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon storage; fracking; hydraulic fracturing; risk; shale gas; tight formations

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FAULTING; FRACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PIPELINES; RISKS; SALINE WATER; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE GAS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON STORAGE; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; HYDROCARBON RESOURCES; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TIGHT FORMATION; TRANSMISSION PIPELINES;

ABANDONED WELLS;

EID: 84867564413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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