Modeling geochemical reactions in wellbore cement: Assessing pre-injection integrity in a site for CO2 geological storage

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 447-474

  Gherardi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Audigane, Pascal ^b  

^a Le Studium   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

cement degradation; Paris Basin; reactive transport modeling; wellbore integrity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; HYDRATED LIME; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; PORTLAND CEMENT;

CEMENT DEGRADATIONS; CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGES; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; INTERCONNECTED POROSITY; MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARIS BASIN; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; WELLBORE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84890040265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1357     Document Type: Article

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