Using pressure and volumetric approaches to estimate CO2 storage capacity in deep saline aquifers

Energy Procedia

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 5294-5304

  Thibeau, Sylvain ^a   Bachu, Stefan ^b   Birkholzer, Jens ^c   Holloway, Sam ^d   Neele, Filip ^e   Zhou, Quanlin ^c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b ALBERTA INNOVATES TECHNOLOGY FUTURES   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cambrian sandstone; Bunter sandstone; Capacity estimation; Carbon dioxide geological storage; Mount simon sandstone; Rotliegend sandstone; Saline aquifer; Storage efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922876205     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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