Abstract
The currently operational simultaneous CO2-EOR and storage projects have mainly relied on petroleum industry’s experience with conventional water alternating gas (WAG) injection and continuous CO2 injection strategies for recovering additional oil while storing the injected CO2 in the reservoir. Hence, an improved understanding of key reservoir engineering considerations that have significant influence on the success of these currently used injection strategies can help the industry professionals in optimizing both aspects (EOR and storage) of the project. The same can also be used for evaluating the potential of alternative injection strategies such as gas assisted gravity drainage (GAGD) and formation water extraction.
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Saini, D. (2017). Injection Strategies. In: Engineering Aspects of Geologic CO2 Storage. SpringerBriefs in Petroleum Geoscience & Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56074-8_4
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