The acting director of 蜜芽TV鈥檚 Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI), Lon Whitman, is a contributor to an important and anticipated publication on carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery projects in the nation.
Advanced Resources International has published the for end-of-year 2020.
The purpose of this updated survey is to provide a comprehensive status report of the 142 active CO2-EOR projects in the U.S., including enhanced production totals, reservoir characteristics and other project parameters.
Throughout a challenging year, incremental oil production from CO2-EOR declined about 8 percent to 273,000 barrels per day. This total is on par with the overall decline in U.S. crude oil production in 2020.
Despite a significant decrease in the volumes of CO2 available for injection and storage, the CO2-EOR industry has maintained production by recycling CO2 rather than having to shut in wells. This strategy shows the resiliency of CO2-EOR during challenging economic conditions and further supports the viability of this method as a means of storing CO2 and producing lower-carbon-intensity oil in the U.S., EORI says.
