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

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [1];  [3]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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Research Org.:
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 Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI Identifier:
1338566
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1373414; OSTI ID: 1407900
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-27502
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X; KC0307010; ERKCC67
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; FE-371-14-FY16; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Environmental Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; Earth Sciences; Energy Sciences

Citation Formats

Cheshire, Michael C., Stack, Andrew G., Carey, J. William, Anovitz, Lawrence M., Prisk, Timothy R., and Ilavsky, Jan. Wellbore Cement Porosity Evolution in Response to Mineral Alteration during CO2 Flooding. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03290.
Cheshire, Michael C., Stack, Andrew G., Carey, J. William, Anovitz, Lawrence M., Prisk, Timothy R., & Ilavsky, Jan. Wellbore Cement Porosity Evolution in Response to Mineral Alteration during CO2 Flooding. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03290
Cheshire, Michael C., Stack, Andrew G., Carey, J. William, Anovitz, Lawrence M., Prisk, Timothy R., and Ilavsky, Jan. Tue . "Wellbore Cement Porosity Evolution in Response to Mineral Alteration during CO2 Flooding". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03290. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338566.
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