US industry eyes buildup in oil output via CO/sub 2/ floods

Journal Article · Mon Jan 03 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5503837

Commercial scale carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects are moving toward fruition in the U.S. After more than a decade of pilot projects and reservoir evaluations, companies have begun to make billion dollar commitments they hope will lead to reserve additions of several billion barrels of crude oil that secondary recovery will not reach. Delaying start-up of some projects are 4 unknowns--the long term price of crude, price of CO/sub 2/, supply/demand for CO/sub 2/, and logistics for repeated use of CO/sub 2/. However, if pilots prove economically and technically successful in fields where projects are under way or presently planned, at least 75 commercial projects will be in operation by the late 1980s. Immediate supply of CO/sub 2/ from natural sources in Colorado and New Mexico could double the number of Permian Basin reservoirs under miscible flooding during 1983 to 1985.

• OSTI ID: 5503837
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 81:1; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION
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COST
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FEDERAL REGION VI
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT
NEW MEXICO
NORTH AMERICA
OIL WELLS
PERMIAN BASIN
PETROLEUM
PRICES
RECOVERY
RESERVOIR ROCK
USA
WELLS