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for Dummies
By:
Bjørn Reinholdtsen, Norske Shell
Sigmund Stokka, IRIS
Erik Skjetne, StatoilHydro
February 2009
What is CO2 Flooding?
Why does it work?
• CO2 flooding is a process wherby CO2 is injected
into an oil reservoir to increase oil recovery
www.kgs.ku.edu/ERC/CO2Pilot
Oil Rate
– Reduced uptime
– Loss of gas and NGL
sales
– Stripping of oil by CO2
Conclusion:
• High costs rendered the project uneconomic
• Draugen CO2 flooding has been shelved
• CO2 sequestration projects in the Halten area are still under
investigation (no Draugen involvement)
production wells
Note: Chalk reservoirs in the southern North Sea generally have lower
permeabilities and gravity forces play a lesser role. Conventional CO2
flooding (as practised in the US - see slide 5) may have a potential in
these reservoirs CO2 Flooding for Dummies 15
CO2 sources (power stations) and sinks
(oil/gas fields) in Western Europe
Apparent opportunity:
• Collect CO2 in central
Europe for CO2 flooding
or sequestration in NW
Europe/North Sea oil and
gas fields
• Many point sources and
long transport to fields