Mechanical and hydraulic coupling in cement-caprock interfaces exposed to carbonated brine

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-120

  Walsh, Stuart D C ^a   Mason, Harris E ^a   Du Frane, Wyatt L ^a   Carroll, Susan A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Cement alteration; Fracture permeability; Hydro chemo mechanical coupling; Numerical modeling; Wellbore integrity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT;

CARBON STORAGE; CHEMO-MECHANICAL COUPLINGS; CORE FLOOD EXPERIMENTS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; WELLBORE;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

BOREHOLE; BRINE; CAP ROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEMENT; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 84899685127     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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