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CO2 injection gains momentum
Oil & Gas Journal’s exclusive biennial enhanced oil recovery (EOR) survey, p. 45, shows that the industry continues to increase the number of carbon-dioxide-injection EOR projects, while steam injection is producing less oil in California and more in the heavy oil and bitumen regions of Western ...
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CALIBRATING OLD, NEW LOGS TO CORES NEEDED FOR PLANNING CO2 FLOOD
… calculating original oil-in-place, correcting porosity logs to core data was necessary to predict the effectiveness of CO2 injection into the Mabee field. Of the Mabee field's more than 800 logs, a majority are old gamma ray-neutron logs. The …
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MOBIL STARTS UP SALT CREEK CO2 PROJECT
… Project cost is estimated at $90 million. Injection began Oct. 26. Mobil says during the first phase, the current CO2 injection rate of about 50 MMcfd will climb next year to about 150 MMcfd. Production of 42 gravity oil is expected to increase …
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CO 2 INJECTION—Conclusion: Multiple tasks finalize Weyburn CO 2 injection modifications
Modifications to the Weyburn CO2 injection scheme required a detailed engineering approach followed by construction work carried out by multiple companies.
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Powder River cyclic carbon dioxide injection nears
… potential stratigraphic zones identified for EOR using CO2 injection . Initial injection rates of up to 7 MMcfd will increase to more than 30 MMcfd as the CO2 injection infrastructure is developed. In February 2011, Linc …
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ConocoPhillips group evaluating Alaska hydrate test
… and the University of Bergen, Norway. Earlier theory, based on laboratory studies, held that hydrate response to CO2 injection would be very slow and injection difficult due to low permeability, but experimental and modeling work suggested potential …
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EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE
… Service Flowmeter Here's a new wing union high pressure (WUHP) turbine flowmeter that measures nitrogen injection, CO2 injection , and other liquids used during hydraulic fracturing. Its enhanced design features a patented internal cartridge that …
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Shell gains funding for Quest CCS project in Canada
… carbon dioxide from Shell’s Scotford upgrader near Edmonton. It processes heavy oil from the Athabasca oil sands. CO2 injection is scheduled for 2015. The Alberta government will invest $745 million in Quest from a $2 billion Carbon Capture …
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EOR DIPS IN U.S. BUT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR
… capacity can be expanded to 2 bcfd. CO2 injection in the first phase of the $91 ..... East and South Huntley projects. CO2 injection in South Welch started in October ..... the amount of oil attributed to CO2 injection in the Sacroc Unit, the oldest …
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CO2 FOR EOR IS PLENTIFUL BUT TIED TO OIL PRICE
… the probability of a successful CO2 injection program are: 3 Low vertical permeability ..... pipelines. The pipeline economics of CO2 injection are very sensitive to the distance ..... into the crude oil reservoirs. A CO2 injection project must justify much higher …
