Capillary trapping for geologic carbon dioxide storage - From pore scale physics to field scale implications

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-237

  Krevor, Samuel ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a   Benson, Sally M ^b   Pentland, Christopher H ^c   Reynolds, Catriona ^a   Al Menhali, Ali ^a   Niu, Ben ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Capillary trapping; CO2 sequestration; Multiphase flow; Residual trapping

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NETWORK SECURITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CAPILLARY TRAPPING; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESIDUAL TRAPPING; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84946488254     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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