Saline Aquifers

Another problem is when the carbon dioxide content of natural gas is too high and must be lowered to produce pipeline-quality gas. Although the current practice is to vent this CO, sequestration of CO, in underground geologic formations is being considered. Already, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, CO, has been injected into saline aquifers at a rate of 1 million tons a year to avoid... 

These results underline the necessity of establishing regional water quality criteria when planning the use of saline water sources for irrigation. These criteria are of primary importance for establishing suitable strategies for the safe use of saline aquifers in Syria and other arid and semi-arid regions. 

Garcia-Bengochea, J.I. and Vernon, R.O., Deep-well disposal of waste waters in saline aquifers of South Florida, Water Resources Res., 6, 1464-1470,1970. 

At present, there are three possible geological structures that may be considered for C02 storage depleted hydrocarbon and production, deep saline aquifers, and coal seams. 

Bachu et al. proposed a theoretical approach to C02 storage estimation considering each type of trapping mechanism in deep saline aquifers [26]. They introduced a simple time-independ-... 

Kopp A., Class H., et al. Investigation on C02 storage capacity in saline aquifers-Part 2 Estimation of storage capacity coefficient. 2009 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3 277-287. 

Bachu S. and Adams J.J. Sequestration of C02 in geological media in response to climate change Capacity of deep saline aquifers to sequster C02 in solution. 2003 Energy Conversion and Management 44(20) 3151-3175. 

Michael K., G. A., Shulakova V., Ennis-King J., Allinson G., Sharma S., Aiken T. Geological storage of C02 in saline aquifers-A review of the experience from existing storage operations. 2010 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 4 659-667. 

De Silva P.N.K. and RanjithP.G. A study of methodologies for C02 storage capacity estimation of saline aquifers. 2012 Fuel 93 13-27. 

EcclesJ.K., Pratson L., et al. Physical and economic potential of geological C02 storage in saline aquifers. 2009 Environmental Science and Technology 43(6) 1962-1969. 

Ghanbari S., Al-Zaabi Y., et al. Simulation of C02 storage in saline aquifers. 2006 Chemical Engineering Research and Design 84(9) 764-775. 

NordbottenJ.M., Celia M.A., et al. Injection and storage of C02 in deep saline aquifers analytical solution for C02 plume evolution during injection. 2005 Transport Porous Media 58(3) 339-360. 

OmambiaA.N. and Li Y. Numerical modeling of carbon dioxide sequestration in deep saline aquifers in Wangshang Oilfield-Jianghan Basin, China. 2010 Journal of American Science 6(8) 178-187. 

Zhang K., Moridis G., et al. TOUGH+C02 A multiphase fluid-flow simulator for C02 geologic sequestration in saline aquifers. 2011 Computers Geosdnces 37 714— 723. 

Pruess K. and Spycher N. EC02N- A new TOUGH2 fluid property module for studies of C02 storage in saline aquifers. 2006 Proceeding, TOUGH2 Symposium, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL, California. 

Kumar A., Noh M., et al. Reservoir simulation of C02 storage in deep saline aquifers. 2004 SPE/DOE Fourteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, USA(89343). 

Azin R., JafariS.M., et al. Measurement and modeling of C02 diffusion coefficient in saline aquifer at reservoir conditions. 2013 Heat Mass Transfer 49 1603-1612. 

JafariS.M., Azin R., et al. Measurement of C02 diffusivity in synthetic and saline aquifer solutions at reservoir conditions the role of ion interactions. 2015 Heat Mass Transfer DOI 10.1007/s00231-015-1508-4. 

White, C.M. et al., Separation and capture of COz from large stationary sources and sequestration in geological formations—coalbeds and deep saline aquifers, /. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 53, 645, 2003. 

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