The influence of pore space geometry on the entrapment of carbon dioxide by capillary forces

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2012, APOGCE 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 587-597

  Pentland, C H ^a   Iglauer, S ^b   Gharbi, O ^c   Okada, K ^d   Suekane, T ^e  

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

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SITE SELECTION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; MEASURED RESIDUALS; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SECURITY ASSESSMENT; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84875782821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/158516-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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