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Storage of CO2 in depleted/producing oil reservoirs

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This chapter presents a framework for an environmental based assessment of CO2 storage operations in depleted/producing oil reservoirs. We specially focus on the CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and storage as the primal advantage of the storage in producing and depleted oilfields. We begin with a qualitative assessment of the physical aspects of EOR-storage process. Then we present a basic quantitative method for the EOR-storage performance evaluation. Finally, we discuss the field scale development of EOR operation for industrial CO2 storage and address the environmental assessment of the EOR-storage operation. The contents of this chapter aim to benefit reservoir engineers and geologists who seek to upscale and communicate the technical knowledge on field-scale CO2-EOR operations into tangible environmental and technical performance measures that are better observed by managers and policy makers.

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  1. Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Box 43111, 79409-3111, USA

    Amin Ettehadtavakkol

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    V. Vishal

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    T.N. Singh

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Ettehadtavakkol, A. (2016). Storage of CO2 in depleted/producing oil reservoirs. In: Vishal, V., Singh, T. (eds) Geologic Carbon Sequestration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27019-7_10

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