Surface-downhole electrical resistivity tomography applied to monitoring of CO2 storage at Ketzin, Germany

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bergmann, Peter ^a   Schmidt Hattenberger, Cornelia ^a   Kiessling, Dana ^a,b   Rücker, Carsten ^c   Labitzke, Tim ^a   Henninges, Jan ^a   Baumann, Gunther ^a   Schütt, Hartmut ^a,d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

4D; Monitoring; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MONITORING; NEUTRON LOGGING; WELL COMPLETION;

DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; RESISTIVITY INDEX; RESISTIVITY MODELS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY; KETZIN;

EID: 84870212140     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0515.1     Document Type: Article

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