Managing geologic CO 2 storage with pre-injection brine production: a strategy evaluated with a model of CO 2 injection at Snøhvit

By removing brine from a reservoir prior to storing CO 2 , storage capacity can be increased by nearly an equivalent volume.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energy & Environmental Science
Main Authors: Buscheck, Thomas A., White, Joshua A., Carroll, Susan A., Bielicki, Jeffrey M., Aines, Roger D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2016
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ee03648h
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/EE/C5EE03648H
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Summary:By removing brine from a reservoir prior to storing CO 2 , storage capacity can be increased by nearly an equivalent volume.