Modeling CO2 storage in aquifers with a fully-coupled geochemical EOS compositional simulator

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Nghiem, Long ^a   Sammon, Peter ^a   Grabenstetter, Jim ^a   Ohkuma, Hiroshi ^b  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (United States)

^b Kachidoki Sun Square   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIMULATORS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATORS; EQUATION OF STATE; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; MINERAL DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATIONS; NUMERICAL ROBUSTNESS; SALINE AQUIFERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85055863370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89474-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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