A permeability-change relationship in the dryout zone for CO2 injection into saline aquifers

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-47

  Liu, Hui Hai ^a   Zhang, Guoxiang ^b   Yi, ZhenLian ^a   Wang, Yingxue ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Injectivity; Multiphase flow; Permeability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WELLS;

INJECTION WELLS; INJECTIVITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SALINE AQUIFERS; SALT PRECIPITATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

AQUIFER; ARTESIAN WELL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID INJECTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALINITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84874512310     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.01.034     Document Type: Article

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