The Sleipner storage site: Capillary flow modeling of a layered CO2 plume requires fractured shale barriers within the Utsira Formation

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-112

  Cavanagh, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Haszeldine, R Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Statoil Research Centre ^*  (Canada)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caprock seal integrity; Ice sheet loading; Invasion percolation model; Mass balance calibration; Saline aquifer storage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOMETRY; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ICE; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SEALS; SHALE; SOLVENTS;

ICE SHEET; INVASION PERCOLATION; MASS BALANCE; SALINE AQUIFERS; SEAL INTEGRITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84892899273     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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