Wellbore Cement Porosity Evolution in Response to Mineral Alteration during CO2 Flooding

Cheshire, Michael C.; Stack, Andrew G.; Carey, J. William; Anovitz, Lawrence M.; Prisk, Timothy R.; Ilavsky, Jan

doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03290

Title: Wellbore Cement Porosity Evolution in Response to Mineral Alteration during CO₂ Flooding

Journal Article · Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03290· OSTI ID:1338566

^[1]; Stack, Andrew G. ^[1];

^[2]; Anovitz, Lawrence M. ^[1]; Prisk, Timothy R. ^[1]; Ilavsky, Jan ^[3]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2 (NCGC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; FE-371-14-FY16; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1338566

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1373414; OSTI ID: 1407900

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-27502; KC0307010; ERKCC67

Journal Information:: Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 51, Issue 1; ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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