CO2 plume tracking and history matching using multilevel pressure monitoring at the Illinois basin - Decatur project

Energy Procedia

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 4473-4484

  Strandli, Christin W ^a   Mehnert, Edward ^b   Benson, Sally M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Demonstration project; Multilevel pressure monitoring; Pressure transients; Vertical pressure gradients

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIGITAL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PRESSURE MONITORING; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; PRESSURE TRANSIENT DATA; STORAGE RESERVOIRS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84922933615     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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