The impact of reservoir conditions on the residual trapping of carbon dioxide in Berea sandstone

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2009-2029

  Niu, Ben ^a   Al Menhali, Ali ^a   Krevor, Samuel C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

porous media; residual trapping; two phase flow; X ray CT scanning

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOODS; HYSTERESIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NETWORK SECURITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EMISSIONS MITIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESIDUAL SATURATION; RESIDUAL TRAPPING; SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM; TRAPPING CHARACTERISTIC; X-RAY CT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BEREA SANDSTONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); TWO PHASE FLOW; X-RAY;

EID: 85027926432     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016441     Document Type: Article

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