Enhanced oil recovery as a stepping stone to carbon capture and sequestration

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 239-251
Author(s):  
Dana M. Abdulbaqi ◽  
Carol A. Dahl ◽  
Mohammed R. AlShaikh
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Sequestration ◽  
Stepping Stone

How Leaders Can Shape the Oil & Gas Industry – Accelerating Innovations Through Business & Environmental Intelligent Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Louis ◽  
Hassan Khan ◽  
Yawar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Carbon Capture And Sequestration ◽  
Deep Aquifers

Abstract One of the harms to climate brought about by anthropogenically instigated environmental change is the overabundance creation of CO2 because of industrialization. Research and development endeavors so far have been focused on the improvement of CCS (Carbon Capture and Sequestration), with the fundamental spotlight on the best way to eliminate CO2 from vent gases and how to cover it perpetually in deep aquifers or depleted oil and gas reservoirs to save the environment from the detrimental effects of CO2. At one side, the alarming situation due to excess emission of CO2 from industries has been bulled out and simultaneously, there is higher potential for CO2 in the depleted oil fields which can aid to the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) through the prolonged CO2 injection in depleted oil fields. It is currently turning out to be certain that CCS technology could advance the utilization of fossil fuels than in any case recently thought. This paper discusses the integration of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technology with the progressive strategy of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). CCS includes various advances that can be utilized to catch CO2 from point sources. Countries that are badly affected by the harmful effects of global warming with depleting oil reserves in the very near future can be the most viable target of the CCS Project. The scope and potential of different techniques of CCS along with the opportunities and challenges and the real case scenarios happening in the world are discussed in detail. The economics, process cycle and case studies of this futuristic technology intend to give valuable insight to the implementation of this integrated technique to the prevalent depleting oil fields around the globe.

scholarly journals Making the subsurface political: How enhanced oil recovery techniques reshaped the energy transition

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-750
Author(s):  
Sébastien Chailleux
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Recovery Techniques ◽  
And Storage

Analyzing the case of France, this article aims to explain how the development of enhanced oil recovery techniques over the last decade contributed to politicizing the subsurface, that is putting underground resources at the center of social unrest and political debates. France faced a decline of its oil and gas activity in the 1990s, followed by a renewal with subsurface activity in the late 2000s using enhanced oil recovery techniques. An industrial demonstrator for carbon capture and storage was developed between 2010 and 2013 , while projects targeting unconventional oil and gas were pushed forward between 2008 and 2011 before eventually being canceled. We analyze how the credibility, legitimacy, and governance of those techniques were developed and how conflicts made the role of the subsurface for energy transition the target of political choices. The level of political and industrial support and social protest played a key role in building project legitimacy, while the types of narratives and their credibility determined the distinct trajectories of hydraulic fracturing and carbon capture and storage in France. The conflicts over enhanced oil recovery techniques are also explained through the critical assessment of the governance framework that tends to exclude civil society stakeholders. We suggest that these conflicts illustrated a new type of politicization of the subsurface by merging geostrategic concerns with social claims about governance, ecological demands about pollution, and linking local preoccupations to global climate change.

scholarly journals CO2-driven Enhanced Oil Recovery as a Stepping Stone to What?

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Dooley ◽  
Robert T. Dahowski ◽  
Casie L. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Stepping Stone

Commercialization of Al Reyadah – World's 1st Carbon Capture CCUS Project from Iron & Steel Industry for Enhanced Oil Recovery CO2-EOR

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fathesha Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Hydrocarbon Gases ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
The World ◽  
Co2 Eor

Abstract As fossil fuels will continue to be a key source of energy for the world, the role of carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) has become increasingly important in addressing climate change by limiting emissions and by establishing a pathway to reaching net-zero. In spite of its significance, the deployment of CCUS globally in the past decade has not met expectations. It is largely due to the challenges in commercializing the technology. On the contrary, ADNOC successfully deployed CCUS in 2016 and has been operating Al Reyadah - the world's first CCUS project in Iron & Steel Industry and Middle East's first commercial CCUS project for enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR). Similar to other industrialized economies, Abu Dhabi has various sources where carbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted. It also has an advanced oil & gas industry which requires CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in order to improve production output. ADNOC synergized these two industries to create a business case. The concept of a CO2 network, linking CO2 producer (source) and CO2 user for EOR (sinks) was developed as far back as 2008. Various studies where undertaken and a steel facility was identified as an ideal choice for a 1st project, given availability of CO2 and proximity to the ADNOC oil fields. In 2012, Al Reyadah was formed to develop the facility and pipeline that is operating today. This is the first step in a vision that would see multiple sources within Abu Dhabi that will be connected via a pipeline network to supply the CO2 needs of ADNOC for EOR, sequestering CO2 and reducing the UAEs greenhouse footprint, whilst freeing up vital hydrocarbon gases (used currently in EOR) for use in commercial industry. From inception, Al Reyadah has been referenced for decarbonization by many global organizations including International Energy Agency (IEA) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and has won prestigious recognitions from Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) and Emirates Energy Awards (EEA). This paper discusses the various strategies and commercialization tactics that ADNOC applied to deploy this unique project, which is only among 21 CCS/CCUS projects operating in the world in 2020 and a precursor to thousands of CCS/CCUS projects that are expected to be built globally in the coming years.

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