Unlocking more oil with help from some bubbly

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Shell News; (United States)

OSTI ID:6071935

Stainton, F R

Billions of barrels of crude oil now tightly locked in oil-bearing zones across the US may be produced because of a new Shell Oil Co. project. Shell is conducting a major full-scale carbon dioxide injection project in the Denver unit of the Wasson field in west Texas. This tertiary enhanced oil recovery project is expected to recovery an additional 280 million bbl of oil over that attainable by continued waterflooding. Shell will tap naturally occurring carbon dioxide from a dome in southwest Colorado, transport it 480 miles by 30-in. pipeline, and then inject the gas into the field.

• OSTI ID: 6071935
• Journal Information: Shell News; (United States), Journal Name: Shell News; (United States) Vol. 49:3; ISSN SHNEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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