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Title:	Improving Domestic Energy Security and Lowering CO2 Emissions with “Next Generation” CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2-EOR)
Publication Number:	DOE/NETL-2011/1504
Publication Date:	Jun 2011
Publication Type:	Report/Publication
Contact:	Phil DiPietro (Joseph.Dipietro@netl.doe.gov)
Program/Technology:	Carbon Sequestration Oil & Gas
Author:	Vello Kuuskraa (ARI) Tyler Van Leewen (ARI) Matt Wallace (ARI)
Synopsis:	NETL has revised its national resource assessment for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2 EOR). Under a current technology scenario, 1,200 reservoirs in the lower 48 states are amenable to CO2 EOR. At an assumed crude oil market price of $85 per barrel, these reservoirs represent 24 billion barrels of economic reserves. Under a next generation scenario the economic supply from CO2 EOR increases to 60 billion barrels. The resource assessment unveils a strong dependence on CO2 capture technology, as the equivalent of 60 - 90 GW of coal-fired plants with 90% capture will be needed to supply EOR floods.
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