An Evaluation of the Feasibility of Combining Carbon Dioxide Flooding Technologies with Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies in Order To Sequester Carbon Dioxide

Todd French ; Lew Brown ; Rafael Hernandez ; Magan Green ; Lynn Prewitt ; Terry Coggins

关键词: CARBON DIOXIDE;    ENERGY;    EVALUATION;    LIQUEFACTION;    MICROBIAL EOR;    MOBILITY;    PETROLEUM;    PRODUCTION;    WELLS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/983527
RP-ID  :  None
PID  :  OSTI ID: 983527
Others  :  TRN: US201014%%1727

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The need for more energy as our population grows results in an increase in the amount of CO2 introduced into the atmosphere. The effect of this introduction is currently debated intensely as to the severity of the effect of this. The bjective of this investigation was to determine if the production of more energy (i.e. petroleum) and the sequestration of CO2 could be coupled into one process. Carbon dioxide flooding is a well-established technique that introduces Compressed CO2 into a subsurface oil-bearing formation to aide in liquefying harder to extract petroleum and enhancing its mobility towards the production wells.