CO2 Solutions And UND-EERC Partnering In CO2 Capturing Studies -- November 28, 2014

Links

Basin Oriented Strategies for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery, Williston Basin, 2006 -- excellent
EOR, at energy.gov

Updates

March 9, 2016: this page will be the "start point" for EOR-CO2. 
 

Original Post

 

A reader sent me this as a short note. I'm posting it here for easy googling, and waiting to see if anything comes of this:

CO2 Solutions from Canada is partnering with UND's EERC to test their just-patented CO2 capturing process. This has the potential to economically provide large volumes of carbon dioxide.

Remember, Ms Neset suggests 20 to 40 percent of  original oil in place is generally recovered from oil fields. CO2 EOR may be one way to do it.

Link here.

Under the program, CO₂ Solutions will test its technology at EERC's existing testing facility using natural gas and coal flue gas in December, 2014. The program's goal is to evaluate several CO₂ capture technologies that are among the most advanced systems under development for application to power and steam generation plants.

"We also expect that the program will benefit our U.S. market entry, particularly for commercial applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery, through the exposure of our technology to the program's prominent industry participants. 

The testing program is supported financially in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

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