Dissolution and deformation in fractured carbonates caused by flow of CO2-rich brine under reservoir conditions

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Elkhoury, Jean E ^a   Ameli, Pasha ^a   Detwiler, Russell L ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture field; Damkohler number; Deformation; Dissolution; Fracture; Reservoir rock; Weyburn

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW RATE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

APERTURE FIELDS; DAMKOHLER NUMBER; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; RESERVOIR ROCK; WEYBURN;

FRACTURE;

BRINE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RESERVOIR ROCK; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84878142004     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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