Modelling carbon dioxide storage within closed structures in the UK Bunter Sandstone Formation

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-50

  Williams, J D O ^a   Jin, M ^b   Bentham, M ^a   Pickup, G E ^b   Hannis, S D ^a   Mackay, E J ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bunter Sandstone; Carbon dioxide; Reservoir simulation; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON CAPTURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; DOMES; EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; WELL LOGGING;

CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; INJECTION WELL LOCATIONS; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID INJECTION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GREENHOUSE GAS; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880989629     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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