Use of hydraulic tests to identify the residual CO2 saturation at a geological storage site

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 652-664

  Martinez Landa, Lurdes ^a   Rötting, Tobias S ^a,b   Carrera, Jesús ^b   Russian, Anna ^b   Dentz, Marco ^b   Cubillo, Bruno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c Avenida del Presidente Rodríguez Zapatero   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Carbon capture and storage; Hydraulic testing; Type curves

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON CAPTURE; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); TESTING;

CONTINUOUS INJECTIONS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HYDRAULIC TESTING; PRESSURE BUILD UP; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; TYPE CURVES; WATER INJECTION TESTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; SATURATION; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84890171854     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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