Increasing CO2-storage efficiency through a CO 2/brine-displacement approach

SPE Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 743-751

  Akinnikawe, Oyewande ^a   Chaudhary, Anish ^a   Vasquez, Oscar ^a   Enih, Chijioke ^a   Ehlig Economides, Christine A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COAL STORAGE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRESSURIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER PROPERTIES; CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; COAL FIRED ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FRACTURING PRESSURE; INJECTION TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84883663902     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/139467-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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