Relative permeability experiments of carbon dioxide displacing brine and their implications for carbon sequestration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 811-818

  Levine, Jonathan S ^a   Goldberg, David S ^b   Lackner, Klaus S ^a   Matter, Juerg M ^b   Supp, Michael G ^c   Ramakrishnan, T S ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGIC CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE CO; MULTI-PHASE FLOW PROPERTIES; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; BRINE; INORGANIC SALT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMEABILITY; WELL; WETTING;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TRANSDUCER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; SALTS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84891787178     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401549e     Document Type: Article

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