Optimal well placement and brine extraction for pressure management during CO2 sequestration

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-187

  Cihan, Abdullah ^a   Birkholzer, Jens T ^a   Bianchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brine extraction; Differential evolution algorithm; Geologic carbon storage; Optimization; Pressure management

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; EXTRACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GROUNDWATER; INDUCED SEISMICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE FIELD; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939642820     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.07.025     Document Type: Article

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