Well integrity assessment by a 1:1 scale wellbore experiment: Exposition to dissolved CO2 and overcoring

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 54, Issue Part 1, 2016, Pages 258-271

  Manceau, J C ^a   Tremosa, J ^a   Lerouge, C ^a   Gherardi, F ^b   Nussbaum, C ^c   Wasch, L J ^d   Alberic, P ^e   Audigane, P ^a   Claret, F ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Swisstopo   (Switzerland)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 geological storage; Overcoring; Underground Rock Laboratory; Well integrity

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT;

CARBONATED WATERS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CO2 GEOLOGICAL STORAGES; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT; OVER CORING; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; WELL HYDRAULICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS STORAGE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PRESSURE; SEALING; TEMPERATURE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WELL;

EID: 84989270909     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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