Injection of supercritical CO2 into deep saline carbonate formations, predictions from geochemical modeling

Society of Petroleum Engineers - EUROPEC/EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Taberner, C ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Cartwright, L ^a   Xu, T ^b  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CHLORIDE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROGEOLOGY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL WELLS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER INJECTION;

CARBONATE FORMATIONS; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; MITIGATION MEASURES; PERMEABILITY FAULTS; PITZER ION-INTERACTION MODEL; SUPERCRITICAL CO2; WELLBORE STABILITY;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

EID: 85058021465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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