CO2 flooding properties of Liujiagou sandstone: Influence of sub-core scale structure heterogeneity

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 400-418

  Wei, Ning ^a   Gill, Magdalena ^b   Crandall, Dustin ^b   McIntyre, Dustin ^c   Wang, Yan ^d   Bruner, Kathy ^b   Li, Xiaochun ^d   Bromhal, Grant ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS   (China)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

carbon storage; computed tomography scanning; Liujiagou sandstone; numerical simulation; Ordos Basin; sequestration

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE SAMPLES; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGES (CCS); CARBON STORAGE; LOW PERMEABILITY SANDSTONE; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSITY; ORDOS BASIN; SATURATION DISTRIBUTION; SCALE CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUESTRATION;

CARBON CAPTURE;

EID: 84902677102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1407     Document Type: Article

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