Modeling CO2 injection at Cranfield, Mississippi: Investigation of methane and temperature effects

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 475-490

  Doughty, Christine ^a   Freifeld, Barry M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

deep saline aquifer; methane; multiphase flow; numerical modeling; temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE; WELL LOGGING;

AXISYMMETRIC MODELING; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYSTEMS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 84890038417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1363     Document Type: Article

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