CO2 injectivity in saline aquifers: The impact of non-Darcy flow, phase miscibility, and gas compressibility

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4163-4185

  Mijic, Ana ^a   Laforce, Tara C ^b,c   Muggeridge, Ann H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CO2CRC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

gas compressibility; Non Darcy flow; phase miscibility

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUBILITY; WATER INJECTION;

DIFFERENT PRESSURES; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; GAS COMPRESSIBILITIES; GAS PHASE PROPERTIES; NON-DARCY FLOW; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SATURATION DISTRIBUTION; TWO-PHASE DISPLACEMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPRESSIBILITY; DARCY LAW; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 84902371067     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014893     Document Type: Article

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