Relative permeability characteristics for supercritical CO2 displacing water in a variety of potential sequestration zones in the Western Canada sedimentary basin

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bennion, B ^a   Bachu, S ^b  

^a Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd   (Canada)

^b Alberta Energy and Utilities Board   (Canada)

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EID: 85088762138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/95547-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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