Simulation Study of CO₂ EOR and Storage Potential of the Commercial-Scale Integrated CCUS Demonstration Project in the Ordos Basin, China

Abstract

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AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90350 © 2019 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, May 19-22, 2019