Short-term safety risk assessment of CO2 geological storage projects in deep saline aquifers using the Shenhua CCS Demonstration Project as a case study

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7571-7586

  Diao, Yujie ^a,b   Zhang, Senqi ^b   Wang, Yongsheng ^c   Li, Xufeng ^b   Cao, Hong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 geological storage; Deep saline aquifer; Risk evaluation; Risk identification; Short term safety risk

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SITE SELECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER INJECTION;

DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; RISK EVALUATION; RISK IDENTIFICATION; SAFETY RISKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84939949206     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3928-8     Document Type: Article

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