Relative permeabilit model and CO2 leakage through abandoned wells during CO2 underground storage

Oil Gas European Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-165

  Bai, M ^a   Reinicke, K M ^b   Song, K ^b   Li, Y ^b   Sun, J ^a  

^a NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS;

EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; LEAKAGE SIMULATION; LONG-TERM INTEGRITY; POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIAS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL; STORAGE RESERVOIRS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

ABANDONED WELLS;

EID: 84908019304     PISSN: 03425622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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