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CO2-EOR in the energy transition: where, why, what next?
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Report summary
CO2 injection is an Enhanced Oil Recovery technique involving the injection of supercritical CO2 into reservoirs to access the remaining oil after primary recovery and waterflooding. It has been implemented for several decades across the globe and presents, in some cases, a dual opportunity for incremental recovery and carbon sequestration.
Table of contents
- Reservoir screening
- The prize
- Benchmarking ongoing CO2-EOR projects
- What next?
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Screening criteria for CO2-EOR opportunities in depleted fields
- Global distribution of depleted reservoirs that satisfy our criteria
- Remaining oil resources by region and water depth
- Average reservoir recovery factor by production start year
- Location of selected CO2-EOR projects
- Overview of six active CO2-EOR projects - part 1
- Overview of six active CO2-EOR projects - part 2
- CO2 utilisation by project
- CO2 utilisation versus incremental recovery
- Number of EOR projects worldwide, 1971-2017
- Capture capacity by CO2 end destination
- 45Q tax incentives by storage method
What's included
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